Psycholgy and sociology have a very strong influence on the origin of jury selection. There are jury selection consultants that use all kinds of tools for jury selection even astrology. There are a lot of problems with the regulation and ethics behind some jury selsction techniques even the "scientific" approaches this article gives a lot of information all about the whole system of jury selection it is a little bit on the long side but is easy to navigate by topic. http://www.publications.villanova.edu/Concept/2005/jury_selection.pdf
The History of Jury Selection
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