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Five Factor Model Personality Traits, Jury Selection, and Case Outcomes in Criminal and Civil Cases

John Clark

Troy University

Marcus T. Boccaccini

Sam Houston State University, Hunsville, boccaccini{at}shsu.edu

Beth Caillouet

Sam Houston State University

William F. Chaplin

Troy University

Actual venire members ( N = 764) completed the Big Five Inventory before going through the jury selection process for 1 of 11 criminal or 17 civil trials. Jury selection decisions by attorneys were not associated with juror personality traits but were associated with juror race and sex, especially in criminal cases. In the 17 juries that deliberated to a verdict (n = 285), high levels of juror extraversion were associated with not guilty verdicts or verdicts for the defendant, especially in criminal cases. Extraversion was also associated with being selected as a jury foreperson, and foreperson extraversion was associated with longer jury deliberation times and perceived foreperson influence in criminal cases.

Key Words: jury selection • personality • Big Five • Five Factor Model • extraversion

This version was published on May 1, 2007

Criminal Justice and Behavior, Vol. 34, No. 5, 641-660 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0093854806297555
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