Research Interests: Legal psychology, jury decision making, social analytic jurisprudence, social and legal judgments, social cognition, and applied social psychology.
Research Facilities: Jury room for simulated jury research, several microcomputers. Laboratory includes testing and interview space, and graduate student work stations.
Representative Publications:
Wiener, R. L., & Hurt, L. E. (2000). How do people evaluate social-sexual conduct: A psycholegal model. Journal of Applied Psychology. 85, 75-85.
Wiener, R.L., & Hurt, L.E. (1999). An interdisciplinary approach to understanding social sexual conduct at work. In R. Wiener & B. Gutek (Eds.), Advances in Sexual Harassment Research, Theory, and Policy. Special Edition of Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 5, 556-595.
Wiener, R. L., Hurt, L. E., Thomas, S. L., Sadler, M. S., Bauer, C. A., & Sargent, T. M. (1998). The role of declarative and procedural knowledge in capital murder sentencing. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 28(2), 124-144.
Wiener, R.L., Hurt, L.E., Russell, B., Mannen, K., Gasper, C. (1997). Perceptions of sexual harassment: The effects of gender, legal standard, and ambivalent sexism. Law and Human Behavior, 24, 71-93.
Wiener, R. L., Pritchard, C. C., & Weston, M. (1995). Comprehensibility of approved jury instructions in capital murder cases. Journal of Applied Psychology, 80(4), 455-467.
Last Update: 10/15/00