@inbook{b23d7a8ac1d64a02addaf6db82587ca8,
title = "A shared responsibility in the administration of justice: A pilot study of signed language interpretation access for deaf jurors",
abstract = "To date, no research has been conducted on interpreting for deaf jurors, as people are not typically eligible to serve as jurors if they cannot understand the language of the court. This chapter reports one aspect of a pioneering pilot study in Australia, which sought to investigate the capacity for deaf people to serve as jurors in criminal court by accessing courtroom discourse via signed language interpreters. Results of an experimental comprehension test administered to six deaf and six hearing mock {"}jurors{"} revealed that levels of comprehension between deaf and hearing participants were similar. Thus it appears that the deaf participants were not disadvantaged by accessing information indirectly via interpreting, and could legitimately serve as jurors, although this needs to be further investigated.",
author = "Jemina Napier and David Spencer and Joe Sabolcec",
note = "Funding Information: This project was made possible with funding from the Macquarie University External Collaborative Grant Scheme, in collaboration with the NSW Law Reform Commission. The original title of this presentation at the Critical Link 5 conference was: “We find the defendant not guilty”. An investigation of deaf jurors{\textquoteright} access to court proceedings via sign language interpreting. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2009 John Benjamins Publishing Company. All rights reserved.",
year = "2009",
doi = "10.1075/btl.87.09nap",
language = "English",
isbn = "9789027224316",
series = "Benjamins Translation Library",
publisher = "John Benjamins Publishing Company",
pages = "99--118",
editor = "Sandra Hale and Uldis Ozolins and Ludmila Stern",
booktitle = "The Critical Link 5",
}
