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57 J. Res. Crime & Delinquency 3 (2020)

handle is hein.journals/jrcd57 and id is 1 raw text is: Article journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency 2020, Vol. 57(1) 3-30 It's Still about © The Author(s) 2019 Article reuse guidelines: Race: Perem ptory .sepuscorn'iournfl3-erm'sioln - DOI: 10.1 177/0022427819873943 Challenge Use on joa'.sepbom'home'r Black Prospective Jurors OGE Whitney DeCamp' and Elise DeCamp' Abstract Objectives: The use of race as a motive for excluding individuals from serving on juries in American criminal trials is unconstitutional. Nevertheless, Black individuals remain substantially more likely than others to be removed during jury selection through peremptory challenges. This study tests whether and to what extent there is a racial effect on peremptory challenge use by the prosecution or the defense. Method: Using data from 2,542 venire members in Mississippi, propensity score matching is used to exam- ine racial differences in jury selection by comparing Black venire members to similarly situated White venire member counterparts. Results: Findings suggest that Black venire members are 4.51 times as likely to be excluded from a jury due to peremptory challenges from the prosecution in compar- ison to White venire members. Conversely, White venire members are 4.21 times as likely to be excluded through peremptory challenges by the defense in comparison to Black venire members. Conclusions: After control- ling for all observed variables, there remain significant differences between White and Black venire members, suggesting racial discrimination by both Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, USA Corresponding Author: Whitney DeCamp, Western Michigan University, Sangren Hall, Kalamazoo, MI 49008, USA. Email: whitney.decamp@wmich.edu 4 Harv. L. & Pol'y Rev. 149

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