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Achievement Orientation and Learned Helplessness in Women

Description: One hundred and fifty-five Texas juries were examined to determine the sex of the person elected foreman. Because the role of the foreman is traditionally a male role and a leadership role, it was hypothesized that few women would strive for the position of foreman and that few would be elected to it. It is believed that the proportion of women foremen is a reflection of lack of achievement orientation (or learned helplessness) on the part of women in this situation, and of the degree to which … more
Date: May 1975
Creator: Beckham, Barbara J.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Cross Validation of the Juror Questionnaire of Values and Viewpoints: Sentencing Decisions and Impression Management in Eligible Capital Jurors

Description: The current dissertation had three primary objectives, categorized into two MTurk studies with capital juror-eligible community members: (a) cross-validate the psychometric properties of the JQVV, (b): explore the role of legal attitudes via the JQVV in mock capital sentencing decisions, and (c): examine the JQVV's ability to detect juror social desirability in capital voir dire. Impressively, Study 1 (N = 552) and Study 2 (N = 313) provided strong and consistent evidence for the JQVV's reliabi… more
Date: August 2022
Creator: Hartigan, Sara E
Partner: UNT Libraries

[Harris County Jurors sign]

Description: Photograph of the Harris County Jurors sign. The rest of the sign reads "Criminal Courts 1310 Preston." The sign is white and the words are painted in red.
Date: 197X
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Harris County Jurors sign, 2]

Description: Photograph of the Harris County Jurors sign. The rest of the sign reads "Criminal Courts 1310 Preston." The sign is white and the words are painted in red. A building and its windows can be seen in the background.
Date: 197X
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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The Jurisprudence of Justice John Paul Stevens: Selected Opinions on the Jury's Role in Criminal Sentencing

Description: This report discusses Justice John Paul Stevens' opinions on the Jury's role in criminal sentencing. Justice Stevens has played a critical role in the Supreme Court's interpretation of a jury's role in criminal sentencing. In 2000, he wrote the majority opinion for the Court in Apprendi v. New Jersey, a landmark case in which the Court held that a judge typically may not increase a sentence beyond the range prescribed by statute unless the increase is based on facts determined by a jury "beyond… more
Date: June 7, 2010
Creator: Henning, Anna C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Jury box, 2]

Description: Photograph of a jury box. Twelve wooden chairs are visible. The chairs are dark brown with red leather seats.
Date: 197X
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: 30-day term given on pinball charge]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about Fort Worth tavern owner Homer Chokas being sentenced to 30 days in jail for allegedly making payoffs on a pinball machine in his tavern.
Date: May 16, 1956
Duration: 57 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: 115 Indictments]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a record breaking number of indictments against 30 defendants following the collapse of a Tarrant county bank.
Date: October 2, 1957
Duration: 1 minute 06 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Aaron Michaels Trial]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: December 1996
Duration: 1 minute 59 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Abductor sentenced on assault charge]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Garland Lee Creed, a Fort Worth house painter who pleads guilty to charges of assault with intent to rape a six-year-old girl.
Date: September 25, 1956
Duration: 48 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Addison]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. This story aired at 6 pm.
Date: January 15, 1987
Duration: 1 minute 45 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Addison murders]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: February 23, 1982, 10:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 38 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Air conditioner]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Joe D. Smith's theft trial in Dallas.
Date: June 16, 1959
Duration: 1 minute 21 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Air Florida]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: July 5, 1983, 5:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 23 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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