Inner world of the juror

Author: (USA) Hasty
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Publish Date: 2006-08-01
Features: Compared to any other judgment task, although juror deliberation may attract more attention from scholars in psychology, economics, philosophy, mathematics, and other fields, few empirical studies have demonstrated its value as a model for describing the psychological process of executive judgment tasks. Each chapter of this book covers all important models of juror deliberation and provides insightful interpretations of them. The first half of the book introduces various models and the relevant research used to clarify and evaluate their value, while the second half compiles critiques of various models and the behavioral science itself that studies juror deliberation. Like many other compilations, this book is a collection of academic conference outcomes. However, unlike many conference proceedings, the papers in this book were not hastily written. In fact, the process of writing and revising from decision to final publication took five years. Thanks to the support of the U.S. National Science Foundation and Northwestern University in funding the conference, the research reports were completed with ease. The scholars attending the conference decided to produce a work that would be beneficial or enduring in the field of juror deliberation theory. The compilation of this book originated from the "Models of Juror Deliberation" academic conference held at Northwestern University in the United States in 1986 (funded by the National Science Foundation under SES-8600069 and Northwestern University). By the time the conference concluded, the main presentations and discussions had clearly shown that they were sufficient to constitute a comprehensive review of the scientific methods for studying juror deliberation. Over the following four years, the participants worked on writing each chapter, with multiple revisions, until the final draft was completed in 1991. Over the years, the editors of this book have received support from Northwestern University, the Advanced Research Center for Behavioral Sciences (Stanford, California), and the American Bar Foundation (Chicago, Illinois). The support provided by these institutions, especially the Stanford Research Center and the American Bar Foundation, was generous and crucial. The later stages of writing this book, including extensive typing, verification of references, and most of the figure drawing, were completed by the unparalleled Mary Luhring (MaryLuhring, Center for Judgment and Policy). The final revisions and editing of this book were deeply and incisively contributed by Ronald J. Allen (Northwestern University Law School), John Carroll (MIT Sloan School of Management), and Robert J. MacCoun (Behavioral Sciences Division, RAND Corporation).