Society, Politics & Law
Jurors who believe rape myths contribute to dismal conviction rates – but judge-only trials won’t solve the problem
...Rape Myth Acceptance scale. This would be a sounder approach than removing juries. In combination with this, rape myths can also be targeted by educating both prospective jurors and young people in schools – and even judges – about the dangers of rape myth. Hopefully education would also remove rape myths from society before individuals are selected to be jurors....