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  1. National Center for State Courts, 300 Newport Avenue, Williamsburg, VA, 23185, USA

    Nicole L. Waters

  2. Center for Jury Studies, National Center for State Courts, 300 Newport Avenue, Williamsburg, VA, 23185, USA

    Paula Hannaford-Agor

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  1. Nicole L. Waters
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  1. Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement (NSCR), Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Gerben Bruinsma

  2. VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Gerben Bruinsma

  3. Department of Criminology, Law and Society, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA

    David Weisburd

  4. Faculty of Law, The Hebrew University, Mt. Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel

    David Weisburd

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Waters, N.L., Hannaford-Agor, P. (2014). Jury Impartiality in the Modern Era. In: Bruinsma, G., Weisburd, D. (eds) Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5690-2_40

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