Mosaic or Melting Pot? Race and Juror Decision Making in Canada and the United States

Although Canada and the United States both demonstrate significant overrepresentation of racialized groups in prisons, the overrepresented groups vary by country, potentially signifying results of the countries’ different (though similarly problematic) histories of racial inequality. The present stu...

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Authors: Maeder, Evelyn M. (Author) ; McManus, Laura A. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2022
In: Journal of interpersonal violence
Year: 2022, Volume: 37, Issue: 1/2, Pages: NP991-NP1012
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Keywords:
cross-country comparison
Juror decision making
Defendant race

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