Doctoral Dissertation Research: (De)Legitimizing the Jury? An Empirical Analysis of Felon Jury Exclusion

博士论文研究：陪审团（去）合法化？

基本信息

批准号：
1228653
负责人：
Mona Lynch
金额：
$ 2.7万
依托单位：
University of California-Irvine
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Standard Grant
财政年份：
2012
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2012-09-01 至 2014-04-30
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1228653&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
Doctoral Dissertation Research De Legitimizing

项目摘要

Forty-nine states, the federal government, and the District of Columbia restrict a convicted felon's opportunity to serve as a juror. Of those jurisdictions, twenty-nine ban convicted felons from jury service permanently, eliminating approximately thirteen million citizens from the national jury pool. Justifying these statutory exclusions, policymakers and courts cite a need to protect the jury process from those who might compromise its integrity. Yet, to date, no study has examined how convicted felons impact the adjudicative process or are impacted by their inclusion in that process. Using a mixed methods approach, this project explores these interrelated themes by 1) examining how felon jurors shape jury systems (in the field and in the laboratory), and 2) analyzing the influence of jury service on convicted felons' perceptions of the law and, in turn, their subsequent reentry. The reintegration of convicted felons and their participation in democratic processes often inspires polarized debate. This project will expand and inform that debate, filling voids in existing empirical research on the adjudicative process and the reintegration of former offenders. It will also extend research on legal compliance as a function of the perceived legitimacy and fairness of the law. In these ways, this project speaks to policy, practice, and theory as they relate to the jury process, reentry, and the tenets of participatory democracy.

四十九个州，联邦政府和哥伦比亚特区限制了被定罪的重罪犯作为陪审员的机会。在这些司法管辖区中，永久性陪审团的29条禁令被定罪的重罪犯，从国家陪审团中撤出了约1300万公民。政策制定者和法院为这些法定的排斥辩护是合理的，以保护陪审团免受可能损害其正直的人的侵害。然而，迄今为止，尚无研究检查被定罪的重罪犯如何影响裁决过程或受到该过程中的纳入裁决的影响。使用混合方法方法，该项目通过1）检查重罪陪审员如何塑造陪审团制度（在现场和实验室中），以及2）分析陪审团服务对被定罪的罪犯对法律的看法以及后来的重新进入。被定罪的重罪犯的重新整合及其参与民主进程通常会激发两极分化的辩论。该项目将扩大并告知这一辩论，填补有关裁决过程和前罪犯重新融合的现有实证研究的空白。它还将扩大有关法律合规性的研究，这是法律的合法性和公平性的函数。通过这些方式，该项目与陪审团进程，再入和参与式民主的宗旨有关的政策，实践和理论说明了这些项目。