Mock juror beliefs about rape and rape trials were collected prior to presentation of a videotaped rape trial. These pretrial biases significantly and reliably predicted post trial juror opinions and jury verdicts. The bias variables, however, accounted for relatively little of the variance in the dependent variables. Questions are raised…

This report reviews the legal status of female homemakers in the Virgin Islands and makes suggestions for action and legislation which will be more equitable in protecting homemakers' rights. The laws described in the report apply to wives who work at home as well as outside the home, but the report mainly concerns homemakers without outside…