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Juries have been variously praised as bulwarks of democracy and maligned as easily manipulated pawns. Both of these books, in assessing the available evidence, conclude that most of the time juries are both competent and effective. Hans and Vidmar are social scientists, and their book is oriented around issues such as jury selection, the effects of sympathy or prejudice on verdicts, and unanimous versus majority voting. Particular attention is paid to the insanity defense, rape, and capital punishment. Additionally, there is material on the history and development of juries. The book is serious in tone, but scholarly apparatus has been kept out of sight, making it readily accessible to general readers. Wishman deals with many of the same issues, but introduces them in the context of a semi-novelistic account of a murder trial (actually a composite of several trials). Unfortunately, the trial narrative is so compelling that the substantive material on juries, while well presented, seems more like an unwelcome digression than the main point of the book. Both books contain copious notes for those who wish to dig more deeply, and both are recommended for public and academic libraries. Jack Ray, Loyola/Notre Dame Lib., Baltimore
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Juries have been variously praised as bulwarks of democracy and maligned as easily manipulated pawns. Both of these books, in assessing the available evidence, conclude that most of the time juries are both competent and effective. Hans and Vidmar are social scientists, and their book is oriented around issues such as jury selection, the effects of sympathy or prejudice on verdicts, and unanimous versus majority voting. Particular attention is paid to the insanity defense, rape, and capital punishment. Additionally, there is material on the history and development of juries. The book is serious in tone, but scholarly apparatus has been kept out of sight, making it readily accessible to general readers. Wishman deals with many of the same issues, but introduces them in the context of a semi-novelistic account of a murder trial (actually a composite of several trials). Unfortunately, the trial narrative is so compelling that the substantive material on juries, while well presented, seems more like an unwelcome digression than the main point of the book. Both books contain copious notes for those who wish to dig more deeply, and both are recommended for public and academic libraries. Jack Ray, Loyola/Notre Dame Lib., Baltimore
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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In this work, Hans and Vidmar review the historical evolution of the trial jury, the contemporary role of the jury in the American criminal justice system, and future prospects for the jury as an institutional force. (Choice)
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corroboration instructions, jury researchers, jury selection techniques, jury competence, jury unanimity, shadow jurors, simulated jurors, death qualification, jury size, smaller juries, challenged jurors, insanity trials, representative jury, dire questioning, aggravated rape, jury behavior, psychiatric testimony, insanity cases, legal insanity, mock juries, war with the law Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Supreme Court, United States, Big Dan, Joan Little, New York, Durham Rule, Miss Sympathy, Judge Frank, Judge Parker, Seventh Amendment, Beaufort County, Justice Marshall, Atlantic County, Great Britain, John Hinckley, Justice White, District of Columbia, Jane Stafford, Young Beartracks, Steven Penrod, Death Row, Justice Brennan, Orange County, William Penn, Melvin Belli New!
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corroboration instructions, jury researchers, jury selection techniques, jury competence, jury unanimity, shadow jurors, simulated jurors, death qualification, jury size, smaller juries, challenged jurors, insanity trials, representative jury, dire questioning, aggravated rape, jury behavior, psychiatric testimony, insanity cases, legal insanity, mock juries, war with the law Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Supreme Court, United States, Big Dan, Joan Little, New York, Durham Rule, Miss Sympathy, Judge Frank, Judge Parker, Seventh Amendment, Beaufort County, Justice Marshall, Atlantic County, Great Britain, John Hinckley, Justice White, District of Columbia, Jane Stafford, Young Beartracks, Steven Penrod, Death Row, Justice Brennan, Orange County, William Penn, Melvin Belli New!
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- Stack and Sway: The New Science of Jury Consulting by Neil J. Kressel on 5 pages
- Law, Culture, and Ritual: Disputing Systems in Cross-Cultural Context by Oscar Chase in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Reconstructing Justice: An Agenda for Trial Reform by Franklin Strier on page 98, page 133, and page 147
- A Theory of the Trial. by Robert P. Burns on page 144, page 148, and page 153
- World Jury Systems (Oxford Socio-Legal Studies) by Neil Vidmar on page 2, page 203, and page 262
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