Anna Offit
Biographic Data
| ID | 97454 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anna Offit |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anna |
| FAMILY NAME | Offit |
| SIGNATURE | OFFIT A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Princeton University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7375-5189 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Giving Life to the Death Penalty
Trial Processes
Since the mid‐twentieth century, anthropological studies of trial processes have generated typologies of dispute practices, identified social and cultural continuities in and out of the courtroom, and examined legal actors' techniques at all stages of case preparation. Anthropologists have deployed a range of research methods (e.g., observation of court proceedings and trial preparation, participant observation in places of lawyers' everyday work…
The Jury Is Out
The purpose of this article is to explore perceptions and assessments of lay participation in Norway during a historic time of transition away from all-layperson juries. This study consisted of sixteen months of court observation and interviews with judges, prosecutors, former lay decision makers, defense attorneys, and other contributors to the country's longstanding jury debate. My ethnographic research demonstrates that all-layperson juries in…
With Jurors in Mind
This article examines the role of lay decision-makers in American prosecutors’ case preparation. Drawing on ethnographic research, it focuses on the creative and collaborative process by which prosecutors develop and revise opening and closing statements for trial. I argue in Part I that these narratives are keyed to perspectives that prosecutors attribute to hypothetical jurors. Part II focuses on the relationship prosecutors articulate between …
With Jurors in Mind
This article examines the role of lay decision-makers in American prosecutors’ case preparation. Drawing on ethnographic research, it focuses on the creative and collaborative process by which prosecutors develop and revise opening and closing statements for trial. I argue in Part I that these narratives are keyed to perspectives that prosecutors attribute to hypothetical jurors. Part II focuses on the relationship prosecutors articulate between …
With Jurors in Mind
This article examines the role of lay decision-makers in American prosecutors’ case preparation. Drawing on ethnographic research, it focuses on the creative and collaborative process by which prosecutors develop and revise opening and closing statements for trial. I argue in Part I that these narratives are keyed to perspectives that prosecutors attribute to hypothetical jurors. Part II focuses on the relationship prosecutors articulate between …
Trial Processes
Since the mid‐twentieth century, anthropological studies of trial processes have generated typologies of dispute practices, identified social and cultural continuities in and out of the courtroom, and examined legal actors' techniques at all stages of case preparation. Anthropologists have deployed a range of research methods (e.g., observation of court proceedings and trial preparation, participant observation in places of lawyers' everyday work…
The Jury Is Out
The purpose of this article is to explore perceptions and assessments of lay participation in Norway during a historic time of transition away from all-layperson juries. This study consisted of sixteen months of court observation and interviews with judges, prosecutors, former lay decision makers, defense attorneys, and other contributors to the country's longstanding jury debate. My ethnographic research demonstrates that all-layperson juries in…
Giving Life to the Death Penalty
Law in Society and Culture (4 works) · Jury Decision Making Processes (3 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Legal Education and Practice Innovations (2 works) · Narrative (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Social science (2 works)