Racial disparities in capital sentencing : prejudice and discrimination in the jury room / Jamie L. Flexon.
2012
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Title
Racial disparities in capital sentencing : prejudice and discrimination in the jury room / Jamie L. Flexon.
Published
El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2012.
Call Number
KF9227.C2 F549 2012
ISBN
9781593324858 (hbk. : alk. paper)
1593324855 (hbk. : alk. paper)
1593324855 (hbk. : alk. paper)
Description
xv, 159 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)747533687
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-153) and index.
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Purchased from the income of the Edith L. Fisch Fund
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The Arthur W. Diamond Law Library
Purchased from the income of the Edith L. Fisch Fund
Table of Contents
List of Tables
vii
List of Figures
xi
Acknowledgments
xiii
Preface
xv
ch. 1
Racial Disparities and the Death Penalty
1
Introduction
1
Scope of Capital Cases and the Nature of the Racial Discrimination Debate
5
An Interdisciplinary Approach
9
Formulating a Cognitive Based Theory of Racial Disparities
12
ch. 2
Capital Punishment, the Court, and Racial Discrepancy Research
15
Introduction
15
Death Qualification: Requirements for a Capital Jury
19
The Fundamentals of Crime Control v. Due Process
22
Juror characteristics
23
Conclusion
25
ch. 3
The Psychology of Stereotypes and Attitude Influence
29
Stereotypes
29
Attitudes
34
Sources Of Prejudice
36
ch. 4
Assessing the Nature of Biases Among Potential Capital Jurors
55
Introduction
55
Data: The 1990 General Social Survey (GSS)
57
Variables In The Model
62
Methodology
75
ch. 5
Analyzing the Data: The Nature of Capital Jurors
85
Introduction
85
Regression Analysis
97
Conclusion
126
ch. 6
Conclusions and Future Research
131
Review
131
Legal Considerations and Policy
133
General Policy Implications and Future Research
136
Conclusion
139
Bibliography
141
Cases Cited
155
Index
157