The Jury Trial in Criminal Justice

by Koski, Douglas D.

• ISBN13: 9780890893494
• ISBN10: 0890893497
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-06-01
• Publisher: Carolina Academic Press

Author Biography

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

Table of Contents

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