Race and the Jury

Racial Disenfranchisement and the Search for Justice
1. Auflage 1993
ISBN: 978-0-306-44144-8
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 241 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1210 g

Reihe: The Plenum Series in Crime and Justice

In this timely volume, the authors provide a penetrating analysis of the institutional mechanisms perpetuating the related problems of minorities' disenfranchisement and their underrepresentation on juries.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fukurai, Hiroshi

Butler, Edgar W.

Krooth, Richard

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Differentielle Psychologie, Persönlichkeitspsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Sozialpsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

I. Introduction to Race and The Jury.- 1. Race and the Jury.- 2. The Structural Approach to Racial Inequality in the Jury System and Jury Selection.- 3. Jury Selection Procedures: An Overview.- 4. The U.S. Supreme Court, the Constitutional Background of Jury Selection, and Racial Representation.- II. Analyses of Racial Inequality on Juries: Empirical Issues.- 5. Anatomy of Economic Excuses: Organizational Resources and Company Support for an Egalitarian Jury System.- 6. Scientific Jury Selection in Voir Dire: The Hidden Structure of Jury Selection.- 7. The Optimal Design to Obtain a Racially Representative Jury: Cluster-Sampling Methods with the Probability Proportionate to Size Applied to Jury Selection.- 8. The McMartin Trial: Race and Scientific Jury Selection.- References.- Table of Cases.