Jurors' intuitive rules for deliberation: A structurational approach to communication in jury decision making

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.