The Effects of Selection System on Jury Composition
A Comparison of Random/Mandatory and Commissioner/Volunteer Grand Juries
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6089974 |
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| Authors | C K Rowland (Oakland University, corresponding author), W A Macauley (Oakland University, corresponding author), Robert A Carp (Oakland University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1982 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 235-251 |
| Publication date | 1982-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Law & Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0265-8240 • E-ISSN: 1467-9930 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-9930.1982.tb00274.x |
| OpenAlex | W1568849572 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
The Supreme Court and judicial scholars have argued that the demographic composition of grand and petit juries is important. To the extent that composition is a function of the selection system used, this suggests that the method of selecting grand and petit jurors is important. 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. For these jurisdictions, only female representation is consistently higher under random selection procedures
Biology · Composition (language · Function (biology · Jury · Jury selection · Linguistics · Political science · Politics · Representation (politics · Selection (genetic algorithm · Supreme court · Computer Science · Jury Decision Making Processes · Law · Philosophy · Artificial Intelligence
| Highly cited | No |
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