Jury and Democracy Project

The Jury and Democracy Project aims to understand the impact that jury service has on citizens. Until recently, no direct empirical evidence regarding the link between jury service and public engagement existed. The Jury and Democracy Project has produced such data. This study consists of two datasets. Part 1, the National Jury Archival Data, consists of a merger of jury and voting records from 1994-2004 in Boulder County (Colorado), Cumberland and Swain Counties (North Carolina), Douglas County (Nebraska), El Paso County (Texas), Orleans Parish (Louisiana), Summit County (Ohio), and Thurston County (Washington). Part 1 includes information regarding seriousness and type of charges, duration of trial and trial information, county and juror information, juror role and voter information, and basic demographic information such as sex, age, political affiliation, and race. Part 2, the King County Survey Data, includes three waves of panel survey data collected from Washington state's King County Court and the Seattle Municipal Courthouse during 2004-2005. In Wave 1 all jurors in King County Court and Seattle Municipal Courthouse received the same survey which collected data on pre-service attitudes, demographics, and past jury duty service and behavior characteristics. Wave 2 consisted of two surveys: (1) King County Court jurors were surveyed on jury duty service experience and treatment, as well as jury selection, court and government efficacy, and citizen responsibility; (2) Seattle Municipal Courthouse jurors were surveyed on the same variables as the King County juror survey, as well as jury deliberation issues. Wave 3 also consisted of two surveys: (1) King County and Seattle Municipal Court jurors were surveyed on their involvement in politics and public affairs, participation in the local community, reflections on jury service, and political views; (2) an additional Wave 3 survey was given to a control replacement sample, which collected data on politics and public life, as well as involvement in politics and public affairs, participation in the local community, the political process, jury service, and demographic characteristics such as sex, race, age, and education level.

《陪审团与民主项目》旨在探究陪审制度对公民产生的影响。直至近期，关于陪审制度与公众参与度之间关联的直接实证研究尚未存在。该《陪审团与民主项目》已成功收集此类数据。本研究由两个数据集组成。第一部分，即《国家陪审档案数据》，涵盖了1994年至2004年间在科罗拉多州的博尔德县、北卡罗来纳州的坎伯兰县和斯威恩县、内布拉斯加州的道格拉斯县、德克萨斯州的埃尔帕索县、路易斯安那州的奥尔良教区、俄亥俄州的 Summit 县以及华盛顿州的瑟斯顿县合并的陪审团与投票记录。第一部分包含关于案件严重程度和类型、审判时长及审判信息、县及陪审员信息、陪审员角色与选民信息，以及基本人口统计学信息，如性别、年龄、政治归属和种族等内容。第二部分，即《金县调查数据》，包括在2004年至2005年间华盛顿州金县法院和西雅图市政法庭收集的三轮调查数据。在第一轮中，金县法院和西雅图市政法庭的所有陪审员均接受了同一份调查，该调查收集了关于服务前态度、人口统计学信息、过去的陪审团服务行为特征等数据。第二轮调查包括两项调查：（1）金县法院的陪审员被调查关于陪审团服务经历及待遇，以及陪审团选拔、法院及政府效能，以及公民责任；（2）西雅图市政法庭的陪审员被调查与金县陪审员调查相同的变量，以及陪审团审议问题。第三轮调查也包括两项调查：（1）金县和西雅图市政法庭的陪审员被调查关于他们在政治和公共事务中的参与度、在本地社区的参与情况、对陪审团服务的反思，以及政治观点；（2）第三轮还对一组控制替换样本进行了调查，收集了关于政治与公共生活、在政治和公共事务中的参与度、在本地社区的参与情况、政治过程、陪审团服务以及人口统计学特征，如性别、种族、年龄和教育水平等数据。