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Jury decision making : the state of the science / Dennis J. Devine.

Devine, Dennis J. (Dennis John), (author.).

Summary:

While jury decision making has received considerable attention from social scientists, there have been few efforts to systematically pull together all the pieces of this research. In Jury Decision Making Dennis J. Devine examines over 50 years of research on juries and offers a ""big picture"" overview of the field. Devine summarizes existing theories of jury decision making and identifies what we have learned about jury behaviour, including the effects of specific courtroom practices, the nature of the trial, the characteristics of the participants, and the evidence itself. Making use of those foundations, Devine offers a new integrated theory of jury decision making that addresses both individual jurors and juries as a whole and discusses its ramifications for the courts.

Record details

ISBN: 9780814725221
ISBN: 0814725228
ISBN: 9780814704981
ISBN: 0814704980
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xi, 272 pages) : illustrations
Publisher: New York : New York University Press, ©2012.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 The Lay of the Empirical Land; 2 Models of Juror and Jury Decision Making; 3 Jury-Related Trial Practices; 4 Effects of Trial Context; 5 Trial Participant Characteristics; 6 The Evidence; 7 Deliberation; 8 An Integrative Multi-Level Theory of Jury Decision Making; 9 So What? Implications and Future Directions; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; About the Author.
Restrictions on Access Note:	NLC staff and students only.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.