An Overview and General Model of Juror and Jury Decision-Making -- The Story Model Theory of Jury Decision Making -- Statistical Models of Jury Decision Making -- Focus Groups -- Systematic Jury Selection -- Persuasion and Argument Development -- Mock Trial Research -- Survey Research -- Training and Education -- Ethical Issues -- Professional Issues -- Reform Movements -- Lawyers View of Trial Consulting -- Judge’s View of Trial Consulting -- Eyewitness identification and lineups -- Admissibility of Expert Witness Testimony -- Witness Preparation -- Selecting Experts -- Technology and Trial Consulting -- The Use of Demonstrative Evidence -- Technology II : The Role of the Trial Consultant -- Psychopathy -- Discrimination -- Change of Venue and Pretrial Publicity -- Assessment of Damages I: Mental and Social Health -- Assessment of Damages II: Neuropsychological Concerns -- Decision Making about Damages -- Jury Instructions -- The Future of Trial Consulting.

Handbook of Trial Consulting   Richard L. Wiener and Brian H. Bornstein, editors       Since its beginnings in scientific jury selection, trial consulting has engendered a growing academic literature, a professional association, and a thriving industry covering many discrete areas of practice. And while there is no specific course of study for trial consultants, much of what constitutes the field falls under the heading of legal psychology, with a number of available volumes on the subject. The Handbook of Trial Consulting differs from the others in its emphasis on social analytic jurisprudence, an empirically-based interdisciplinary lens for understanding legal issues and testing the assumptions that the law, and lawyers, make about human behavior, helping to ensure impartial, efficient service in diverse contexts while minimizing procedural and ethical pitfalls. Contributors focus on applied research methods, effective testimony strategies, specific psycholegal issues, and professional concerns to examine what trial consultants should know about:   Jury selection and jury decision-making Social-cognitive aspects of legal persuasion The admissibility of expert witness testimony. Using survey research, statistics, and technological evidence Assessment of monetary and neuropsychological damages Avoiding conflicts of interest   Occupying a crucial intersection between disciplines (and even advising legal professionals about what they can expect from consultants), the Handbook of Trial Consulting is a field-defining resource for legal psychologists,  andpsychiatrists, lawyers, criminologists, sociologists, and political scientists as well as graduate students and academicians in psychology and law.