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？

• 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

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.

49个州、联邦政府和哥伦比亚特区限制被定罪的重罪犯担任陪审员的机会。 在这些司法管辖区中，有29个永久禁止被定罪的重罪犯担任陪审员，使大约1300万公民从国家陪审团中消失。 为证明这些法定排除的合理性，政策制定者和法院指出，有必要保护陪审团程序免受可能损害其完整性的人的影响。 然而，迄今为止，没有任何研究审查被定罪的重罪犯如何影响审判过程，或因被纳入该过程而受到影响。 使用混合方法的方法，这个项目探讨了这些相互关联的主题1）检查重罪犯陪审员如何塑造陪审团制度（在现场和实验室），2）分析陪审团服务对被定罪的重罪犯的法律观念的影响，反过来，他们随后重新进入。 被定罪的重罪犯重返社会和参与民主进程往往引发两极分化的辩论。 该项目将扩大辩论范围，并为辩论提供信息，填补现有关于判决程序和前罪犯重返社会的实证研究的空白。 它还将扩大对遵守法律的情况的研究，作为法律的合法性和公平性的一个功能。 在这些方面，这个项目谈到政策，实践和理论，因为它们涉及到陪审团的过程，重返社会，和参与式民主的原则。