A re-examination of the acquittal biasing effect of offence seriousness
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Lundrigan, S., Dhami, M. and Mueller-Johnson, K. 2018. A re-examination of the acquittal biasing effect of offence seriousness. Psychiatry, Psychology and Law. 25 (5), pp. 769-778. https://doi.org/10.1080/13218719.2018.1478334
Type | Article |
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Title | A re-examination of the acquittal biasing effect of offence seriousness |
Authors | Lundrigan, S., Dhami, M. and Mueller-Johnson, K. |
Abstract | The justice system should operate free of any bias, and jurors’ judgments of a defendant’s guilt should be based on evidential factors alone. However, research suggests that this does not always occur. We aimed to investigate the biasing effect of offence seriousness, a case-related, extra-legal factor, on juror decision-making. In an experiment, we examined the effect of this extra-legal factor on 118 members of the jury eligible publics’ interpretations of Beyond Reasonable Doubt (BRD), probability of commission, verdict, and confidence in verdict. |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis (Routledge) |
Journal | Psychiatry, Psychology and Law |
ISSN | 1321-8719 |
Electronic | 1934-1687 |
Publication dates | |
Online | 19 Jun 2018 |
03 Sep 2018 | |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 04 Jul 2018 |
Accepted | 15 May 2018 |
Output status | Published |
Accepted author manuscript | |
Copyright Statement | This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Psychiatry, Psychology and Law on 19/06/2018, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/13218719.2018.1478334 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/13218719.2018.1478334 |
Language | English |
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