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International Journal of Social Psychology
Revista de Psicología Social
Volume 13, 1998 - Issue 3
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Jurados: de su composición y sus efectos en la toma de decisión grupal

Phenomenology of jury composition and group decision making

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Pages 369-376 | Published online: 23 Jan 2014
 

Resumen

A través de la LO 5/1995 se ha reinstaurado en España el Tribunal de Jurado. En el preámbulo de la Ley se deja abierta la puerta a las modificaciones que resulten necesario realizar para su eficaz funcionamiento para mejorar su calidad de ejecución. En cuanto a la decisión grupal, dos son las variables que tradicionalmente se han puesto en relación directa con la calidad de ejecución de losJurados: tamaño y regla resolutoria (p. ej., Zeisel, 1971; Hastie et al., 1983). Nuestros resultados, considerando las principales caracterizaciones delJurado, ponen de manifiesto que un Jurado de doce miembros regidos por una regla de unanimidad alcanza decisiones más consistentes y en los términos esperados.

Abstract

Recently, the law (LO5/1995) has been passed to allow for subsequent modifications during the initial trial period for the reintroduction of the Spanish jury system. In the preliminary considerations, the Law stablishes the posibility of changes in the characterization of the Jury system after an initial test period. In this context, the quality of the group decision making was analyzed in the existing literature in relation to jury size and decision rules (i.e., Zeisel, 1971; Hastie et al., 1983). Nevertheless, a complete research taking into account all the actual posibilities has never been considered. In this study, we have compared the jury performance with the main phenomenological characterizations. Our results support that twelve-member juries under unanimous decision rule, reach a more consistent decision.

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