The Jury Trial in Criminal Justice

Douglas D. Koski is Visiting Professor and Research Scholar at Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province, P.R. China.

Foreword

xi

Editor's Preface

xiii

Acknowledgments

xxv

The Declining Importance of the Jury Trial and the Plea Bargaining Problem

3

(40)

Introduction

3

(3)

Douglas D. Koski

On the Myth of Written Constitutions: The Disappearance of Criminal Jury Trial

6

(5)

John H. Langbein

Happy New Year---You're a Juror

11

(12)

Ivor Kraft

Bargaining in the Shadow of the Hammer: The Trial Penalty in the USA

23

(7)

Candace McCoy

Juries: The Great American Myth

30

(8)

Gerry Spence

Suggested Readings

38

(5)

The Defense Counsel: The Duty of Zealous Representation and the ``Usurpation'' Problem

43

(52)

Introduction

44

(3)

Douglas D. Koski

Defending the Defenders

47

(12)

Alan M. Dershowitz

The Practice of Law As a Confidence Game

59

(11)

Abraham S. Blumberg

But How Can You Sleep Nights?

70

(13)

Lisa J. McIntyre

Address to Prisoners in Cook County Jail, 1902

83

(9)

Clarence Darrow

Suggested Readings

92

(3)

The Prosecutor: The Duty to Seek Justice and the Abuse of Discretion Problem

95

(54)

Introduction

95

(4)

Douglas D. Koski

The Decision to Prosecute

99

(11)

George F. Cole

The Prosecutor's Domain

110

(13)

William F. McDonald

A Moral Standard for the Prosecutor's Exercise of the Charging Discretion

123

(14)

Bennett L. Gershman

Prosecutors As Crime Creators: The Case of Prenatal Drug Use

137

(8)

Karen J. Maschke

Suggested Readings

145

(4)

The Victim: The Nature of Victimization and the ``Victim Legitimacy'' Problem

149

(54)

Introduction: The Social Framework of Victimization

150

(4)

Douglas D. Koski

The Ideal Victim

154

(7)

Nils Christie

Placebo Justice: Victim Recommendations and Offender Sentences in Sexual Assault Cases

161

(7)

Anthony Walsh

The Victim-Offender Relationship in Convicted Homicide Cases: 1960--1984

168

(9)

John D. Hewitt

Repeat Victimization among Adolescents and Young Adults

177

(6)

Janet L. Lauritsen

Kenna F. Davis Quinet

The Criminal Among Us

183

(3)

Willie James Jennings

The Vilification of the Crime Problem

186

(11)

Frank J. Weed

Suggested Readings

197

(6)

Jury Selection and the ``Biased Juror Problem''

203

(66)

Introduction

203

(3)

Douglas D. Koski

The Socialization of Jurors: The Voir Dire As a Rite of Passage

206

(8)

Robert W. Balch

Curt Taylor Griffiths

Edwin L. Hall

L. Thomas Winfree

Juror Honesty during the Voir Dire

214

(7)

Richard Seltzer

Mark A. Venuti

Grace M. Lopes

Social Psychology in Court

221

(11)

Michael J. Saks

Reid Hastie

Scientific Jury Selection: What Social Scientists Know and Do Not Know

232

(10)

Shari Seidman Diamond

Jury Selection: A Social Scientific Analysis

242

(18)

Douglas D. Koski

Suggested Readings

260

(9)

The Story Model of Jury Decision-making and the ``Jury Nullification Problem''

269

(68)

Introduction: Jury Decision-making and Its Assessment

269

(8)

Douglas D. Koski

Memory for Pragmatic Implications from Courtroom Testimony

277

(5)

Richard J. Harris

R. Ross Teske

Martha J. Ginns

Storytelling in the Courtroom

282

(10)

W. Lance Bennett

Martha S. Feldman

The Story Model for Juror Decision Making

292

(9)

Nancy Pennington

Reid Hastie

Some Steps between Attitudes and Verdicts

301

(15)

Phoebe C. Ellsworth

Effects of Jurors' Identification with the Victim Depends on Likelihood of Victimization

316

(6)

Martin F. Kaplan

Lynn E. Miller

Jury Nullification in the United States of America: A Brief History and 21st Century Conception

322

(11)

Douglas D. Koski

Hui-Yu Lee

Suggested Readings

333

(4)

Index

337

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