Effects of Selection System on Jury Composition - A Comparison of Random/Mandatory and Commissioner/Volunteer Grand Juries

• NCJ Number: 82807
• Journal: Law and Policy Quarterly Volume: 4 Issue: 2 Dated: (April 1982) Pages: 235-251
• Author(s): C K Rowland; W A Macauley; R A Carp
• Date Published: 1982
• Length: 17 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This article tests the link between selection system and composition by comparing the representation of blacks. Mexican-Americans, and women on grand juries selected by commissioners with the same three classes' representation on grand juries selected at random from the voter registration lists.

Abstract

For these jurisdictions, only female representation is consistently higher under random selection procedures. (Author abstract)