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The decision processes of 6- and 12-person mock juries assigned unanimous and two-thirds majority rules.
Abstract
720 college students served on 6- or 12-member "juries" that listened to a simulated trial of a rape case, deliberated, and then rendered verdicts according to the unanimity or two-thirds majority social decision rule assigned. Although neither assigned rule nor jury size had a significant effect upon the verdict distribution, average deliberation time and the number of polls were both significantly influenced. Individuals gave a significantly higher proportion of guilty verdicts than did juries. A two-thirds majority social decision scheme model best predicted overall verdict distributions, while a number of other social process models could be confidently rejected. Several other findings are discussed along with the argument for the need for both theoretical and empirical research on juries.
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- Davis, J. H., Kerr, N. L., Atkin, R. S., Holt, R., & Meek, D.
- Venue
- Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
- Published
- 1975-07
- Volume
- 32
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 1-14
- ISSN
- 0022-3514 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-1315
- OpenAlex
- W1979210975
- Cited by
- 212
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 177.79
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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