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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
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)

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