WORKSHOP: Conference on the Future of Jury Research (Two day workshop @ CUNY)

自经典专著《美国陪审团》(Kalven&Amp；Zeisel，1966)出版以来，关于陪审员和陪审团决策的研究在过去45年里激增。虽然关于陪审团的学术研究显然是以数量为特征的，但一些人对这一领域产生的研究质量的变异性表示担忧。拟议的会议将把陪审团研究领域的领导者和新兴领导者聚集在一起，就陪审团研究的未来进行对话。参与者将来自不同的学科，包括法律、心理学、社会学、经济学和犯罪学。这个跨学科小组将解决该领域尚未解决的重要问题，确定具有理论和实践重要性的新问题，评估个人和群体决策理论模型的贡献，评估跨研究和范式的方法论差异，并讨论当前和未来研究工作中对生态有效性的挑战。提高陪审团行为研究的质量有可能增加研究对法律实践和裁决的影响，并提高参与陪审团审判的原告、申诉人和被告获得的正义。此外，对有趣和重要的研究问题的讨论和关于适当方法的辩论可能会影响法律和社会科学的研究生培训，影响下一代学者的工作质量。会议将在西班牙裔服务机构举行，我们将为研究生和本科生提供参加会议并从讨论中受益的机会。

Research on juror and jury decision-making has proliferated over the past 45 years since the publication of the classic monograph, The American jury (Kalven & Zeisel, 1966). Although the scholarship on juries is clearly characterized by quantity, some have expressed concerns over the variability of the quality of research generated in this area. The proposed conference will bring together leaders and emerging leaders in the field of jury research for a conversation about the future of jury research. Participants will come from a variety of disciplines, including law, psychology, sociology, economics, and criminology. This interdisciplinary group will address important questions that remain unresolved in the area, identify new questions of theoretical and practical importance, assess the contributions of theoretical models of individual and group decision making, evaluate methodological variance across studies and paradigms, and discuss the challenges to ecological validity in current and future research efforts.Improving the quality of research on jury behavior has the potential to increase the impact of the research on legal practice and decisions, as well as improve the justice received by plaintiffs, complainants, and defendants participating in jury trials. In addition, the discussions of interesting and important research questions and debates about appropriate methodologies could impact graduate training in law and social science, influencing the quality of work produced by the next generation of scholars. The conference will be held at a Hispanic Serving Institution and we will provide opportunities for graduate and undergraduate students to attend the conference and benefit from the discussions.