The American Trial Jury on Trial
Empirical Evidence and Procedural Modifications
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9956560 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lawrence S Wrightsman (Kaw Nation, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1978 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 137-164 |
| Publication date | 1978-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Social Issues (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-4537 • E-ISSN: 1540-4560 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1540-4560.1978.tb00780.x |
| OpenAlex | W2071004793 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 27 |
The trial jury is one of the most long‐lasting and revered of American institutions. Yet recently it has been the recipient of criticism. These attacks have questioned the validity of the assumptions made by the legal system regarding the jury process. Specifically, these assumptions deal with the composition of the venire, the effectiveness of the voir dire process, the ability of jurors to disregard pretrial publicity and inadmissible evidence, the capacities of jurors to reconstruct the trial presentation from memory, and the ability of the jury as a deliberative body to act in a rational, evidence‐oriented manner. Empirical evidence is presented with respect to each of these assumptions, and suggested reforms are generated whenever the evidence conflicts with the assumptions
Criticism · Empirical evidence · Epistemology · Jury · Jury trial · Political science · Presentation (obstetrics · Process (computing · Publicity · Computer Science · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Jury Decision Making Processes · Law · Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems · Psychology · Social Psychology
Law, justice, and the individual in society
Psychology in the Legal Process
Justice needs a new blindfold
The jury system in America
Jury Verdicts
Judgments and Group Discussion
Sex Role Differentiation in Jury Deliberations
Effect of an escaped accomplice on the punishment assigned to a criminal defendant
Jalap or Veracruz jalap and its allies
Guilt beyond a reasonable doubt
Differential effects of jury size on verdicts following deliberation as a function of the apparent guilt of a defendant
Social Status in Jury Deliberations
Quantifying Burdens of Proof
Jury Selection as a Biased Social Process
Status and Competence of Jurors
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,02 |
| Citation span | 1980 - 1980 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |