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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815222603321

Autore

Connell Nadine M. <1979->

Titolo

Death by jury : group dynamics and capital sentencing / / Nadine M. Connell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

El Paso, : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2009

ISBN

1-59332-544-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (224 p.)

Collana

Criminal justice

Disciplina

345.73/0773

Soggetti

Capital punishment - United States

Verdicts - United States

Jury - United States - Decision making - Evaluation

Discrimination in criminal justice administration - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-207) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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