Race and the Jury Racial Disenfranchisement and the Search for 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
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer US
1993, 1993
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1993 |
| Series: | The Plenum Series in Crime and Justice
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 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