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This is the ninth and final article in an ongoing series based on Dr.Koski’s article “Jury Decisionmaking in RapeTrials: A Review and Empirical Assessment,” which appeared in its entirety in 38 (1) Crim. L. Bulletin 21 (Jan/Feb 2002), and is reprinted in SLR with the kind permission of the author and publisher. The article below explains the effects of beliefs about human behavior and instructional law (jury instructions) on jury deliberation process. In addition, the article discusses the role of “assumption of risk” of victim on leniency in consent defense cases. Furthermore, the article puts the jury in the bigger context of the outer structures surrounding the jury, the legal professionals around the jury—such as lawyers, judges, etc.—as further factors that go into the jury deliberation process. In addition, extraneous factors are considered in decisions of victims not to report and police decision not to find cases of rape.

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