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40 Am. U. L. Rev. 665 (1990-1991)
On the Effectiveness of Voir Dire in Criminal Cases with Prejudicial Pretrial Publicity: An Empirical Study

handle is hein.journals/aulr40 and id is 683 raw text is: ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF VOIR DIRE IN CRIMINAL CASES WITH PREJUDICIAL PRETRIAL PUBLICITY: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY* NORBERT L. KERR** GEOFFREY P. KRAMER*** JOHN S. CARROLL**** JAMES J. ALFINI***** TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Introduction to the Empirical Study .................... 666 II. M ethod ................................................ 672 A. General Plan ...................................... 672 B. Phase One Experiment ............................ 672 1. Objectives and methods ........................ 672 2. Primary results ................................. 675 C. Phase Two Study: Methods ....................... 676 III. Results ................................................ 679 A. Adequacy of the Simulation ....................... 679 B. Challenges and Juror Behavior .................... 681 * Support for this project was provided by Grant SES #8419944 from the National Science Foundation. We are greatly indebted to the Thirtieth Judicial Circuit Court of Michigan and particularly to David Young, Court Administrator; Pat Mathews,Jury Clerk, and Connie Robinson, secretary, for their assistance in helping us obtain the juror screening questionnaires. Direct correspondence to Norbert L. Kerr, Department of Psychology, Psychology Research Building, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824-1117. ** Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychology, Michigan State University; A.B., Washington University in St. Louis, 1970; Ph.D., University of Illinois, Champaign, 1974. *** Instructor, Department of Social and Behavior Sciences, University of Indiana, Kokomo; B.A., Central Michigan University, 1975; Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1991 (expected). **** Professor of Behavioral and Policy Sciences, Sloan School of Management, Massa- chusetts Institute of Technology; B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1970; Ph.D., Harvard University, 1973. ***** Professor of Law, School of Law, Florida State University; A.B., Columbia Univer- sity, 1965;J.D., Northwestern University, 1972. 665

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