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

@article{Clark2007FiveFM,
  title={Five Factor Model Personality Traits, Jury Selection, and Case Outcomes in Criminal and Civil Cases},
  author={John W. Clark and Marcus T. Boccaccini and Beth A. Caillouet and William Chaplin},
  journal={Criminal Justice and Behavior},
  year={2007},
  volume={34},
  pages={641 - 660}
}
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… 
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