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- Title
Racial diversity and jury deliberations.
- Abstract
The article discusses research being done on the effects of racial diversity on jury deliberations in racially charged cases. It references a study by S. R. Summers published in a 2006 issue of the "Journal of Personality and Social Psychology." The study shows that racially mixed juries deliberate more carefully and thoroughly than all-white juries in racially charged cases. The study included 29 mock juries, with 14 all-white and 15 mixed juries consisting of four whites and two African Americans. Analysis of results show that impartiality in whites were affected by the presence of African American jurors and not by what they say.
- Subjects
JURORS; JURY ethics; JURY trials; VERDICTS; RACE relations; DISCRIMINATION (Sociology); PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
Harvard Mental Health Letter, 2006, Vol 23, Issue 4, p6
- ISSN
1057-5022
- Publication type
Article