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Scientific Jury Selection: Does It Work?
Author(s) -
Seltzer Richard
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/j.0021-9029.2006.00110.x
Subject(s) - jury , jury selection , selection (genetic algorithm) , psychology , work (physics) , disposition , social psychology , focus (optics) , order (exchange) , applied psychology , law , political science , computer science , engineering , artificial intelligence , business , mechanical engineering , physics , optics , finance
This article describes different methodologies used to predict the likely disposition of jurors in order to guide the exercise of peremptory challenges. The actual use of these methodologies in 27 telephone surveys, 9 focus groups, and 2 studies of jurors after the case was decided is examined. It is concluded that the efficacy of scientific jury selection depends, in part, on the type of case.