Do Juries Deliberate? A Study of Deliberation, Individual Difference, and Group Member Satisfaction at a Municipal Courthouse
Small Group Research, Vol. 38, No. 3, 337-359 (2007)
http://sgr.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/38/3/337
John Gastil ; Stephanie Burkhalter ; Laura W. Black
"Despite long-standing interest in juries and a growing body of work on public deliberation, we have a limited understanding of how often everyday juries actually engage in meaningful deliberation. Examination of 267 jurors' accounts of their experiences deliberating on municipal criminal juries suggests that juries do, indeed, deliberate at a remarkably high level of competence. Results show complex relationships between juror characteristics and their levels of deliberation as well as a direct link between the quality of deliberation and juror satisfaction."
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