Jury Decision Making : : The State of the Science / / Dennis J. Devine.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Devine, Dennis J.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2012]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Series: Psychoanalytic Crossroads ; 8
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

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. The volume summarizes existing theories of jury decision making and identifies what we have learned about jury behavior, 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. Providing a unique combination of broad scope, extensive coverage of the empirical research conducted over the last half century, and theory advancement, this accessible and engaging volume offers "one-stop shopping" for scholars, students, legal professionals, and those who simply wish to better understand how well the jury system works.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- 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 -- About the Author