MATERIALS ON JURIES AND JURY RESEARCH - AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY

• NCJ Number: 45507
• Editor(s): P LERMACK
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 60 pages
• Corporate Author: American Judicature Soc
• Sale Source: American Judicature Soc
• Publication Type: Bibliography
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

OVER 300 RESEARCH STUDIES FROM THE FIELDS OF LAW, POLITICAL SCIENCE, ECONOMICS, AND SOCIOLOGY ARE CITED IN A TOPICALLY ORGANIZED BIBLIOGRAPHY.

Abstract

MAJOR TOPICAL HEADINGS ARE THE FOLLOWING: THE JURY SYSTEM IN GENERAL; VOIR DIRE; JUROR SELECTION; JUROR BEHAVIOR; VARIABLES AFFECTING JUROR BEHAVIOR; JURIES AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE LAW; REFORMS (SIX-MEMBER JURIES, NONUNANIMOUS JURIES, DEATH-QUALIFIED JURIES, OTHER REFORMS); JURY PROCEDURE AND ADMINISTRATION; AND JURY SERVICE FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE JUROR. WITHIN THE TOPICAL CATEGORIES, MATERIALS ARE ARRANGED BY AUTHOR DISCIPLINE. ANNOTATIONS NOTE BRIEFLY THE METHOD USED IN THE STUDY, THE THRUST OF THE AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION AND/OR MAJOR EMPIRICAL FINDINGS. MOST OF THE MATERIALS CITED WERE PUBLISHED BETWEEN 1969 AND 1976. A LIST OF BIBLIOGRAPHIES ON JURIES, CITATIONS FOR PERTINENT SUPREME COURT CASES, AND AN AUTHOR INDEX ARE INCLUDED.