S. Seibold et Dr. Seibold, Jurors' intuitive rules for deliberation: A structurational approach to communication in jury decision making, COMM MONOGR, 65(4), 1998, pp. 282-307
Consistent with growing interest in bonafide groups and taking a structurat
ional approach to members' appropriation of rules for decision making, this
study was an investigation of potential jurors' intuitive rules for delibe
ration. Following a summary, critique, and reconceptualization of jury rese
arch, we discuss five communicative challenges juries face:ce in the course
of their deliberation (selecting a leader, agreeing on voting procedures,
determining whether to request assistance from the court, reporting member
misconduct, and handling disagreement about whether to continue deliberatin
g) and report results of a content analysis reflecting the rules invoked fo
r each of these situation by 97 citizens summoned for jury duty and waiting
for jury service at a courthouse in a judicial district in the western Uni
ted States.