INTELLIGENCE TESTING OF PROSPECTIVE JURORS - AN EXAMPLE OF THE ABUSES OF PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUES (FROM CRIMINAL JUSTICE RESEARCH, 1975 BY EMILIO VIANO SEE NCJ-34155)

• NCJ Number: 34161
• Author(s): C D BOAGS; R M BOAGS
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 10 pages
• Corporate Author: D C Heath and Co
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

REPORT UPON THE SUCCESSFUL EFFORTS TO SEEK ELIMINATION OF THE USE OF INTELLIGENCE TESTING AS A MEANS OF SELECTING JURORS IN THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY SUPERIOR COURTS.

Abstract

THE LEGAL JUSTIFICATION FOR THIS PROCESS OF JUROR SELECTION IS GIVEN AS THE RIGHT OF THE ACCUSED TO A TRIAL BY AN IMPARTIAL JURY OF HIS PEERS. THE TEST DEVELOPED TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT A PERSON WOULD BE IMPANELED FOR JURY SERVICE, THE PROSPECTIVE JUROR EXAMINATION (PJE), IS DESCRIBED. COURT CHALLENGES TO THE PROCESS AND THEIR OUTCOMES ARE EXAMINED.