Race and the Jury
Racial Disenfranchisement and the Search for Justice
Published on 27. June 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
XVI, 241 pages
978-1-4899-1129-2 (ISBN)
Description
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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Series
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1993
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
9 s/w Abbildungen
XVI, 241 p. 9 illus.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
400 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4899-1129-2 (9781489911292)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4899-1127-8
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Hiroshi Fukurai | Edgar W. Butler | Richard Krooth
Race and the Jury
Racial Disenfranchisement and the Search for Justice
Book
01/1993
Plenum Publishing Co.,N.Y.
€106.99
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Content
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.