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Religion in Criminal Justice (Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship)

By Monica K. Miller

Book information

Year
2006
ISBN
1593321422, 9781593321420
LCC
KF8924 .M55 2006
Open Library ID
OL12381528M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
702 kB (719330 bytes)
Pages
236\234
Topic
Religion
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Miller demonstrates how religion affects every aspect of the judicial system by focusing on religious appeals by attorneys in closing arguments of death penalty sentencing trials. She explores whether these appeals lead jurors to make legally impermissible decisions, as some courts have feared. Can religious appeals lead jurors to rely on the Bible instead of state law? Her results show that the more participants relied on Biblical authority, the more they relied on their instincts and the less they relied on evidence and the judge's instructions. Gender, devotionalism, belief in a literal Biblical interpretation, and an individual's cognitive processing style also affected verdicts.

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