THE INFLUENCE OF THE SCENIC ORGANIZATION OF THE COURT OF THE JURY OF PORTO VELHO ON THE DECISION-MAKING OF JURIES
Scenic organization. Jury court. Influence.
The present study investigates the influence of the scenic organization in the jurors decision making. The primary objective is to determine whether and how the design of the Porto Velho courtroom affects the jurors decision. The mixed sequential method was adopted in order to obtain quantitative and qualitative data capable of answering the research problem. Data were collected from the judgments of the Porto Velho jury courts, as well as 9 (nine) jurors from the states of Rondônia, Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais, Paraná and Pernambuco were selected for semi-structured interviews. The data obtained were treated using the software Nvivo from QSR International and Microsoft Excel 2010. The results showed that the jury courtroom scenic organization does in fact influence the jurors, but not to the point of decisively interfering in the final outcome of the trial. From the findings provided by the research, two products are presented at the end. The first, a short course for the jurors and the second, new layouts for the judgment hall, with the aim of softening the impact of the scenic organization and guaranteeing equality of arms.