Citation

Seltzer R, Venuti MA, Lopes GM. J. Crim. Justice 1991; 19(5): 451-462.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1991, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/0047-2352(91)90019-R

PMID

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Abstract

The voir dires of thirty-one criminal trials were observed, and 190 of the jurors subsequently were interviewed. Many of the same questions asked during the voir dire were asked in the individual interviews. Approximately 25 percent of the jurors said during the interview that they (or a family member) had been a victim of a crime, but these jurors had not come forward when this question was asked during the voir dire. Similarly, almost 30 percent of the jurors who were interviewed said during the interview that they knew a law enforcement officer, but these jurors had not come forward during the voir dire.