RT Article
T1 Doing Justice: Perceptions of Gender Neutrality in the Jury Selection Process
JF American journal of criminal justice
VO 37
IS 2
SP 258
OP 275
A1 Eigenberg, Helen
A2 McGuffee, Karen
A2 Iles, Gale D.
A2 Garland, Tammy S.
LA English
YR 2012
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1764274202
AB There is a paucity of research on juries in general including the jury selection process. Very little of it examines the effect of gender. This study surveyed 138 potential jurors to determine whether jurors believed they were excluded from jury service due to gender. Additionally the study assessed whether gender affected attitudes about women serving on juries and whether perceptions about women and jury service were associated with general views about the fairness of the justice system. Findings suggest that gender had little effect on jury service or views about women serving on juries, but views about women and their role in jury service was associated with perceptions of general fairness in the system, regardless of the respondent’s gender. These findings point to the need for a more complex understanding of gender when examining the jury selection process.
K1 Jury Service
K1 Gender and jury service
K1 Attitudes toward jury duty
K1 Peremptory challenges
K1 Gender bias and juries
K1 Fairness of juries
K1 Jury selection
DO 10.1007/s12103-011-9139-x