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Juries, Science and Popular Culture in the Age of Terror: The Case of the Sydney Bomber

Juries, Science and Popular Culture in the Age of Terror: The Case of the Sydney Bomber

Hardcover

CriminologyGeneral SociologyInternational Relations

ISBN10: 1137554746
ISBN13: 9781137554741
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Dec 20 2016
Pages: 292
Weight: 1.05
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.40
Language: English
Terrorism has become an everyday reality in most contemporary societies. In a context of heightened fear can juries be trusted to remain impartial when confronted by defendants charged with terrorism? Do they scrutinize prosecution cases carefully, or does emotion trump reason once the spectre of terrorism is invoked? This book examines these questions from a range of disciplinary perspectives. The authors look at the how jurors in terrorism trials are likely to respond to gruesome evidence, including beheading videos. The 'CSI effect' is examined as a possible response to forensic evidence, and jurors with different learning preferences are compared. Virtual interactive environments, built like computer games, may be created to provide animated reconstructions of the prosecution or defence case. This book reports on how to create such presentations, culminating in the analysis of a live simulated trial using interactive visual displays followed by jury deliberations.

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