On racial diversity and group decision making
Identifying multiple effects of racial composition on jury deliberations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6206587 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Samuel R Sommer (0000-0003-2981-5396, Tufts University, corresponding author), Samuel R Sommers |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 90 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 597-612 |
| Publication date | 2006-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/0022-3514.90.4.597 |
| PMID | 16649857 |
| OpenAlex | W2159931883 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 114 |
| References cited | 82 |
This research examines the multiple effects of racial diversity on group decision making. Participants deliberated on the trial of a Black defendant as members of racially homogeneous or heterogeneous mock juries. Half of the groups were exposed to pretrial jury selection questions about racism and half were not. Deliberation analyses supported the prediction that diverse groups would exchange a wider range of information than all-White groups. This finding was not wholly attributable to the performance of Black participants, as Whites cited more case facts, made fewer errors, and were more amenable to discussion of racism when in diverse versus all-White groups. Even before discussion, Whites in diverse groups were more lenient toward the Black defendant, demonstrating that the effects of diversity do not occur solely through information exchange. The influence of jury selection questions extended previous findings that blatant racial issues at trial increase leniency toward a Black defendant
Deliberation · Diversity (politics) · Jury · Jury selection · Political science · Race (biology) · Racial diversity · Racism · Sociology · White (mutation) · Gender Studies · Jury Decision Making Processes · Law · Law in Society and Culture · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 114 |
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| Citations per year | 5,7 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2026 (21) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 111 |