Predictors of Death Sentencing for Minority, Equal, and Majority Female Juries in Capital Murder Trials
| dc.contributor.author | Richards, Tara N. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Bjerregaard, Beth | |
| dc.contributor.author | Cochran, Joseph | |
| dc.contributor.author | Smith, M. Dwayne | |
| dc.contributor.author | Fogel, Sondra J. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-09-21T20:00:49Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-09-21T20:00:49Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016-01 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The relatively small body of prior research investigating whether the sex composition of juries impacts sentencing decisions has produced equivocal results. Exploring this topic further, the current study used a large sample of capital cases from North Carolina (n = 675) to examine (a) whether jury sex composition predicted jury capital punishment sentencing decisions; and (b) whether there were different models of sentencing for male-majority, equal male-female, and female-majority juries. When we controlled for a number of legal and extralegal factors, our findings indicated that jury sex composition was independently related to sentencing outcomes. Specifically, equal male-female juries were significantly more likely and female-majority juries were significantly less likely to choose the death penalty versus a sentence of life in prison. In addition, different models (predictors) of sentencing were revealed for each of the jury sex compositions. Implications for future research and policy are discussed. | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 21 pages | en_US |
| dc.genre | journal articles | en_US |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.13016/M25Q4RM7H | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Richards, T. N., Bjerregaard, B. E., Cochran, J., Smith, M. D., & Fogel, S. J. (2016). Predictors of Death Sentencing for Minority, Equal, and Majority Female Juries in Capital Murder Trials. Women & Criminal Justice, 26(4), 260-280. doi:10.1080/08974454.2015.1115802 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11603/5439 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Women & Criminal Justice | en_US |
| dc.relation.isAvailableAt | University of Baltimore | |
| dc.subject | death penalty | en_US |
| dc.subject | jury | en_US |
| dc.subject | sex | en_US |
| dc.subject | compositions | en_US |
| dc.subject | gender | en_US |
| dc.subject | criminal justice | en_US |
| dc.subject | minority | en_US |
| dc.subject | death sentence | en_US |
| dc.subject | capital murder | en_US |
| dc.title | Predictors of Death Sentencing for Minority, Equal, and Majority Female Juries in Capital Murder Trials | en_US |
| dc.type | Text | en_US |