Miller Monica K, Pfeifer Jeffrey, Bornstein Brian H, Kaplan Tatyana
Interdisciplinary Social Psychology PhD Program and Criminal Justice Department, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV, USA.
Department of Psychological Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Psychiatr Psychol Law. 2021 Jan 29;28(6):823-840. doi: 10.1080/13218719.2020.1862002. eCollection 2021.
Public trust in the criminal justice system, including the jury system, is important for maintaining a democracy that is fair for all citizens. However, there is little research on trust in the jury system generally and even less comparison research specifically. Trust in the jury system might relate to other legal attitude measures (e.g., authoritarianism). This study identified the degree to which trust in the jury system relates to legal attitudes and compared perceptions of trust between the U.S. and Australia. Community members completed a survey that included measures of trust in the jury system and legal attitudes. The U.S. sample had higher levels of trust in juries than the Australian sample. In both samples, just world beliefs and legal authoritarianism were positively related to trust. Results have both theoretical and practical implications regarding legal attitudes, trust in the jury system, and public opinions of juries in each country.
公众对刑事司法系统(包括陪审团制度)的信任,对于维持一个对所有公民都公平的民主制度至关重要。然而,总体而言,关于对陪审团制度信任的研究很少,具体的比较研究则更少。对陪审团制度的信任可能与其他法律态度指标(如威权主义)有关。本研究确定了对陪审团制度的信任与法律态度之间的关联程度,并比较了美国和澳大利亚之间的信任认知。社区成员完成了一项调查,其中包括对陪审团制度信任和法律态度的测量。美国样本对陪审团的信任程度高于澳大利亚样本。在两个样本中,公正世界信念和法律威权主义都与信任呈正相关。研究结果对于每个国家的法律态度、对陪审团制度的信任以及对陪审团的公众舆论都具有理论和实践意义。