CONTENTS -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- CHAPTER 1: Racial Disparities and the Death Penalty -- Introduction -- Scope of Capital Cases and the Nature of the Racial Discrimination Debate -- An Interdisciplinary Approach -- Formulating a Cognitive Based Theory of Racial Disparities -- CHAPTER 2: Capital Punishment, the Court, and Racial Discrepancy Research -- Introduction -- Death Qualification: Requirements for a Capital Jury -- The Fundamentals of Crime Control v. Due Process -- Juror characteristics -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER 3: The Psychology of Stereotypes and Attitude Influence -- Stereotypes -- Attitudes -- Sources Of Prejudice -- CHAPTER 4: Assessing the Nature of Biases Among Potential Capital Jurors -- Introduction -- Data: The 1990 General Social Survey (GSS) -- Variables In The Model -- Methodology -- CHAPTER 5: Analyzing the Data: The Nature of Capital Jurors -- Introduction -- Regression Analysis -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER 6: Conclusions and Future Research -- Review -- Legal Considerations and Policy -- General Policy Implications and Future Research -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Cases Cited -- Index.