Jury service is a positive, even transformative, experience for many jurors. Prior research establishes that jurors who deliberate on a court case develop more positive views of courts in the relatively short time of jury service, but we know little about the reasons underlying why these positive changes develop. This research focuses on changes in jurors' views after serving on criminal cases because jury service is one of the few opportunities community members have to participate directly in the criminal justice system, with jurors acting as the conscience of the community regarding the extent of prosecutorial power. Unlike most work using actual jurors, this research utilizes surveys with jurors both before and after jury service to understand how jury service brings about increased trust in courts. We examine the influence of three categories of potential factors, deliberating on a case, juror satisfaction, and jurors' attitudes relating to law and justice, finding all three categories work together to significantly predict whether jurors' trust in courts increases, decreases, or stays the same. Policy suggestions include developing innovative ways to capitalize on the positive and overall legitimizing aspects of jury service in criminal cases by increasing community members' meaningful involvement in the courts.

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了解陪审员服务对陪审员对法院信任的影响

对于许多陪审员来说，担任陪审员是一种积极的，甚至是变革性的经历。先前的研究表明，在陪审员服务时间相对较短的时间内，审议法庭案件的陪审员会对法庭产生更积极的看法，但我们对这些积极变化形成的潜在原因知之甚少。这项研究的重点是陪审员在刑事案件服务后的观点变化，因为陪审员服务是社区成员必须直接参与刑事司法系统的少数机会之一，陪审员在检察权的范围内充当社区的良心.与大多数使用实际陪审员的工作不同，本研究利用在陪审员服务前后对陪审员的调查，以了解陪审员服务如何增加对法院的信任。我们检查了三类潜在因素的影响，即对案件的审议、陪审员满意度以及陪审员对法律和正义的态度，发现这三类因素共同作用可以显着预测陪审员对法院的信任是增加、减少还是保持相同。政策建议包括开发创新方法，通过增加社区成员对法庭的有意义参与，来利用刑事案件中陪审员服务的积极和全面合法化方面。