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Valerie P. Hans is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States and specializes in the social sciences, with a focus on legal studies. Their research spans multiple subfields, including law, economics and econometrics, political science and international relations, strategy and management, and pharmacy. The predominant area of expertise lies in law, with significant contributions to related interdisciplinary fields.

The scientist's research primarily addresses themes related to jury decision making and legal processes. The main topics covered include jury decision making processes, law in society and culture, legal education and practice innovations, law, economics, and judicial systems, legal systems and judicial processes, dispute resolution and class actions, and legal principles and applications.

Valerie P. Hans has published extensively in various venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Law and Human Behavior
  • Behavioral Sciences
  • Psychology Public Policy and Law
  • Annual Review of Law and Social Science

Recent peer-reviewed articles authored or coauthored by Valerie P. Hans highlight a range of topics on jury behavior and legal decision-making. Some notable recent papers are:

  • Guiding Jurors' Damage Award Decisions: Experimental Investigations of Approaches Based on Theory and Practice (2022), published in Psychology Public Policy and Law
  • The Arizona Jury Reform Permitting Civil Jury Trial Discussions: The Views of Trial Participants, Judges, and Jurors (2025), published in University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
  • Judgment by Peers: Lay Participation in Legal Decision Making (2024), published in Annual Review of Law and Social Science

Other recent relevant publications, where Valerie P. Hans is a coauthor or contributor, include studies on voir dire practices and attorney guidance in jury deliberations, reflecting an ongoing interest in the procedural and evaluative aspects of juror conduct and legal outcomes.

The scientist has collaborated frequently with other researchers, including:

  • Jessica M. Salerno
  • Jennifer K. Robbennolt
  • Hannah Phalen
  • Samantha Bean
  • Daphna Spivack

These collaborations have contributed to the interdisciplinary nature of Hans's research output, integrating perspectives from psychology, law, and social sciences to further understand legal decision-making mechanisms.

Best Publications

  • Judging the jury

    Valerie P. Hans;Neil Vidmar

  • American Juries: The Verdict

    Neil Vidmar;Valerie P. Hans

  • Citizen Comprehension of Difficult Issues: Lessons from Civil Jury Trials

    Joe S. Cecil;Valerie P. Hans;Elizabeth C. Wiggins.

  • Judge‐Jury Agreement in Criminal Cases: A Partial Replication of Kalven and Zeisel's The American Jury

    Theodore Eisenberg;Paula L. Hannaford-Agor;Valerie P. Hans;Nicole L. Waters

  • Section 12 of the Canada Evidence Act and the Deliberations of Simulated Juries

    Valerie P. Hans;Anthony N. Doob

  • Jurors' Judgments of Business Liability in Tort Cases: Implications for the Litigation Explosion

    Valerie P. Hans;William S. Lofquist

  • Responses to corporate versus individual wrongdoing

    Valerie P. Hans;M. David Ermann

  • Jurors' Evaluations of Expert Testimony: Judging the Messenger and the Message

    Sanja Kutnjak Ivković;Valerie P. Hans

  • Judging the Jury

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  • An Analysis of Public Attitudes Toward the Insanity Defense

    Valerie P. Hans

  • Training in Law and Psychology: Models from the Villanova Conference

    Donald N. Bersoff;Jane Goodman-Delahunty;J. Thomas Grisso;Valerie P. Hans

  • Taking a Stand on Taking the Stand: The Effect of a Prior Criminal Record on the Decision to Testify and On Trial Outcomes

    Theodore Eisenberg;Valerie P. Hans

  • Business on Trial: The Civil Jury and Corporate Responsibility

    Valerie P. Hans

  • Permitting jury discussions during trial: impact of the Arizona reform.

    Paula L. Hannaford;Valerie P. Hans;G. Thomas Munsterman

  • Avoid Bald Men and People with Green Socks - Other Ways to Improve the Voir Dire Process in Jury Selection

    Valerie P. Hans;Alayna Jehle

  • Judges, Juries, and Scientific Evidence

    Valerie P. Hans

  • The Jury's Response to Business and Corporate Wrongdoing

    Valerie P. Hans

  • John Hinckley, Jr. and the Insanity Defense: The Public's Verdict

    Valerie P. Hans;Dan Slater

  • Representation through Participation: A Multilevel Analysis of Jury Deliberations

    Erin York Cornwell;Valerie P. Hans

  • Social Science and the Courts: The Role of Amicus Curiae Briefs

    Ronald G. Roesch;Stephen L. Golding;Valerie P. Hans;N. Dickon Reppucci

  • Jury Systems Around the World

    Valerie P. Hans

  • Media Coverage of Law: Its Impact on Juries and the Public

    Valerie P. Hans;Juliet L. Dee

  • Public Opinion of Forensic Psychiatry Following the Hinckley Verdict

    Dan Slater;Valerie P. Hans

  • Crossing boundaries : traditions and transformations in law and society research

    Austin Sarat;Marianne Constable;David M. Engel;Valerie Hans

  • Judge-Jury Agreement in Criminal Cases: A Partial Replication of Kalven & Zeisel's The American Jury

    Theodore Eisenberg;Paula Hannaford-Agor;Valerie P. Hans;Nicole L. Mott

  • Judging the Jury.

    Gary LaFree;Valerie P. Hans;Neil Vidmar

  • Statistics in the Jury Box: How Juror Respond to Mitochondial DNA Probabilities

    David H. Kaye;David H. Kaye;Valerie P. Hans;B. Michael Dann;Erin Farley

Frequent Co-Authors

Neil Vidmar
Neil Vidmar Duke University
Theodore Eisenberg
Theodore Eisenberg Cornell University
Martin T. Wells
Martin T. Wells Cornell University
Valerie F. Reyna
Valerie F. Reyna Cornell University
Ronald Roesch
Ronald Roesch Simon Fraser University
N. Dickon Reppucci
N. Dickon Reppucci University of Virginia
Robert J. MacCoun
Robert J. MacCoun Stanford University
Edith Greene
Edith Greene University of Colorado Colorado Springs
Steven D. Penrod
Steven D. Penrod John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Sanja Kutnjak Ivković
Sanja Kutnjak Ivković Michigan State University

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