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Psychology and law

the view that fact finders process trial evidence with cognitive heuristics and biases that depart from normative models of inference.

In psychology and law, trial by heuristics refers to the view that fact finders process trial evidence with cognitive heuristics and biases that depart from normative models of inference. This meaning comes from Saks (1981) in Law & Society Review.[1]

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References

Saks, M. J., & Kidd, R. F. (1981). Human Information Processing and Adjudication: Trial by Heuristics. Law & Society Review, 15(1), 123-160. https://doi.org/10.2307/3053225

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