Lora Levett
Assistant Professor of Criminology
Turlington 3336
P.O. Box 117330
Gainesville, FL 32611
352-392-0265, ext 205
llevett@ufl.edu
Lora M. Levett, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Criminology
Modeling Jury Decision Making
The biggest predictor of post-deliberation verdict is the pre-deliberation verdict preferences of the individuals within the jury. However, research also suggests that the deliberation process can affect the final decision made by the jury and therefore has the potential to influence the outcome of the jury. Despite the importance of jury deliberation, most research investigating jury decisions has either focused on the decisions of individual jurors or has addressed the input-output variables in jury deliberation that affect the jury’s ultimate decision. In this group of studies we, are using knowledge about group behavior from social psychology and knowledge about juror behavior from legal psychology to create a comprehensive model of jury deliberation.
Grants, Publications, and Conference Presentations on Modeling Jury Decision Making:
Levett, L.M. (2011-2013). Developing a Model of Jury Decision Making: The Influence of Group Dynamic Variables on Story Construction, National Science Foundation, $120,000, SBE #1123758.
Kienzle,
M. & Levett, L.M. (2010). Deliberation Style, Jury Satisfaction,
Conformity, and Deliberation Quality. Poster to be presented at the
annual meetings of the American Psychology-Law Society, Vancouver,
Canada.
Levett,
L.M. (2008). College
of Liberal Arts and Sciences Seed Funding: Developing a Model of Jury Decision
Making: The Influence of Group Dynamic Variables on Story Construction, $10,000
Levett, L.M. (2009). Institute
for Crime, Justice and Policy Research, Division of Criminology, Law and
Society Summer Seed Funding, $4,000.
Links to Research Projects:
Issues in Jury and Juror Decision Making
Antecedents and Consequences of Wrongful Conviction
Contact Information:
University of Florida
Department of Sociology and Criminology & Law
P.O. Box 117330
Gainesville, FL 32611
Phone: 352-392-0265, extension 205
Email: llevett@ufl.edu
