Community Surveys Are Used

question 205

Multiple Choice

Community surveys are used

• A) to find out how local citizens feel about the case since jurors will probably have the same attitudes.
• B) to differentiate jurors who can be persuaded by emotion from those most likely to be persuaded by reason.
• C) to exclude jurors from the pool of potential jurors so they will not be called for jury duty on particular cases.
• D) for none of these reasons.

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Definitions:

Language

A system of communication using symbols, sounds, or gestures that are used by members of a community to interact and convey ideas.

Social Facts

Aspects of social life that influence an individual's actions and attitudes, according to Emile Durkheim, including laws, morals, beliefs, and customs.

Empirical Observations

Information acquired by observation or experimentation that is grounded in the physical or material reality.

Empirical Study

A way of gaining knowledge by means of direct and indirect observation or experience, verifiable by experiment or observation.