Lexington Books
Pages: 230
Trim: 6½ x 9½
978-0-7391-2551-9 • Hardback • July 2008 • $128.00 • (£98.00)
978-0-7391-2552-6 • Paperback • July 2010 • $56.99 • (£44.00)
978-0-7391-3009-4 • eBook • July 2008 • $54.00 • (£42.00)
Allison M. Cotton is assistant professor of criminal justice and criminology at the Metropolitan State College of Denver.
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 The Death Penalty in the U.S. and How Juries Operate
Chapter 3 The Importance of Defining the Defendant
Chapter 4 The Legal Fight
Chapter 5 The Guilt Phase: How the Defense/Prosecution Saw their Mission
Chapter 6 The Penalty Phase: The Prosecution/Defense's Mission
Chapter 7 Who Is the Defendant? The Prosecution's/Defense's Answer
Chapter 8 The Impact on Jurors
Chapter 9 Conclusion
[Cotton] cites the relevant scientific research on juror decision making, and then takes a more open-ended approach to study how jurors reached a guilty verdict in this case. This ultimately provides valuable insight into how jurors are likely to make judgments about human behavior based on their own experience, rather than relying on expert testimony that challenges commonly held assumptions about rational action. Recommended.
— Choice Reviews, May 2009