Table 3.

Overview of survey participants’ demographics

	Age	Gender	Race/ethnicity*	Nationality	Education	Legal system involvement
Laypeople N = 109	M = 37.52 SD = 10.82 Range: 19 to 65	53.2% male 45.0% female 0.9% nonbinary 0.9% prefer not to say	82.6% White 8.3% Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin 5.5% Black or African American 6.4% Asian 0.9% American Indian or Alaskan Native	100% American	57.8% Bachelor’s 26.6% High school 11.0% Master’s 3.7% Other (e.g.,Associate’s degree orsome college)	Been on a jury: 15.6% Witnessed a crime: 34.9% (n = 21 for violent crime, n = 17 for nonviolent crime) Of these, 34.2% (n = 13) directlyinvolved in criminal justice system
Experts N = 73	M = 46.07 SD = 15.95 Range: 26 to 87	50.7% male 46.6% female 2.7% prefer not to say	94.5% White 2.7% Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin 1.4% Asian 1.4% Middle Eastern or North African 2.7% prefer not to say	64.4% American 11.0% German 9.6% Dutch 5.5% British 2.7% Australian 1.4% Danish 1.4% Canadian 1.4% Spanish 1.4% Italian 1.4% French	89.0% Doctorate 11.0% Master’s Degree in: 91.8% Psychology 5.5% Other science 2.7% Medicine	Acted as expert witness**: 69.9% Never 28.8% More than once

Note. * = multiple choices possible. ** = one response missing