Examine whether the racial makeup of a jury affects its decision making.
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Hypotheses
Black defendants will be more likely to be convicted by jurors of a higher number of white jurors. Black defendants will be more likely to be convicted by jurors composed of higher number of Hispanic jurors.
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Procedure
Data collected from real trials. Only black defendants were examined. 7 control variables to measure the strength of the prosecution case
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DV & IV
DV: whether or not trial resulted in a conviction. IV: the racial makeup of the jury
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Results
Black defendants are less likely to be convicted by juries composed of predominantly black jurors
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Conclusion
Diversity in the jury pool is likely to have an impact on decision making. Therefore selection process of jury can have an impact on the outcome of the trial
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Generalisability
It can be generalised to similar cases, however it cannot be generalised to all cases
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Reliability
It is difficult to get data from real trials – makes this study more reliable as it takes data from real trails. However it is difficult to replicate.
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Validity
Ecological validity – represents characteristics of actual jury trails rather than mock trials. Use of both qualitative and quantitative data – less chance of researcher bias.
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Application
It allows us to consider the jury selection process and devise ways to make it a fairer process or all people.
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Ethics
Deceptive as jurors might not have known they would be analysed.
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Conclusion
Further research is required into other ethnic groups before it is possible to determine whether the effect found within the current research is applicable across races.
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
Black defendants will be more likely to be convicted by jurors of a higher number of white jurors. Black defendants will be more likely to be convicted by jurors composed of higher number of Hispanic jurors.
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Hypotheses
Card 3
Front
Data collected from real trials. Only black defendants were examined. 7 control variables to measure the strength of the prosecution case
Back
Card 4
Front
DV: whether or not trial resulted in a conviction. IV: the racial makeup of the jury
Back
Card 5
Front
Black defendants are less likely to be convicted by juries composed of predominantly black jurors
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