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Author Connell, Nadine M., 1979-

Title Death by Jury : Group Dynamics and Capital Sentencing.

Publication Info. El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2009.
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Description 1 online resource (224 pages).
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Series Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
Summary Connell focuses on the role that deliberation has on the juror's perception of group functioning, measured here by the construct of group climate. Her results suggest individual juror characteristics do not have a direct effect on sentencing outcomes; rather, the level of group climate acts as a mediating variable between individual characteristics and outcomes. Trial level characteristics directly predict sentencing and indirectly operate through the level of group climate. Group climate is the strongest predictor of outcomes, with juries who have more positive perceptions of group climate mo.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-207) and index.
Contents The death penalty and discretion in America -- The role of the jury -- Understanding groups in context -- Measuring groups with the capital jury project -- Testing group dynamics -- What juries do : putting it all together.
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Subject Capital punishment -- United States.
Capital punishment.
United States.
Verdicts -- United States.
Verdicts.
Jury -- United States -- Decision making -- Evaluation.
Jury.
Decision making.
Evaluation.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- United States.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: 9781593323349
ISBN 9781593325442 (electronic book)
1593325444 (electronic book)
9781593323349 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
1593323344 (hardback ; alkaline paper)

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