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Autore |
Connell Nadine M. <1979-> |
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Titolo |
Death by jury [[electronic resource] ] : group dynamics and capital sentencing / / Nadine M. Connell |
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El Paso, : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2009 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (224 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Capital punishment - United States |
Verdicts - United States |
Jury - United States - Decision making - Evaluation |
Discrimination in criminal justice administration - United States |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-207) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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