U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government, Department of Justice.

NCJRS Virtual Library

The Virtual Library houses over 235,000 criminal justice resources, including all known OJP works.
Click here to search the NCJRS Virtual Library

MATERIALS ON JURIES AND JURY RESEARCH - AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY

NCJ Number
45507
Editor(s)
P LERMACK
Date Published
1977
Length
60 pages
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.

Downloads

No download available

Availability