Mr Ian Belton


NameMr Ian Belton
Job titleResearch Fellow in Decision Psychology
Research institute
Primary appointmentPsychology
ORCIDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2479-6563
Contact categoryAcademic staff (past)

Research outputs

Effects of task structure and confirmation bias in alternative hypotheses evaluation

Dhami, M., Belton, I., de Werd, P., Hadzhieva, V. and Wicke, L. 2024. Effects of task structure and confirmation bias in alternative hypotheses evaluation. Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications. 9 (1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s41235-024-00560-y

The role of character-based personal mitigation in sentencing judgments

Belton, I. and Dhami, M. 2024. The role of character-based personal mitigation in sentencing judgments. Journal of Empirical Legal Studies. 21 (1), pp. 208-239. https://doi.org/10.1111/jels.12376

The value of experiments in futures and foresight science: A reply

Derbyshire, J., Dhami, M., Belton, I. and Onkal, D. 2023. The value of experiments in futures and foresight science: A reply. Futures & Foresight Science. 5 (2). https://doi.org/10.1002/ffo2.156

The value of experiments in futures and foresight science as illustrated by the case of scenario planning

Derbyshire, J., Dhami, M., Belton, I. and Onkal, D. 2022. The value of experiments in futures and foresight science as illustrated by the case of scenario planning. Futures & Foresight Science. https://doi.org/10.1002/ffo2.146

Criminal sentencing by preferred numbers

Dhami, M., Belton, I., Merrall, E., McGrath, A. and Bird, S. 2020. Criminal sentencing by preferred numbers. Journal of Empirical Legal Studies. 17 (1), pp. 139-163. https://doi.org/10.1111/jels.12246

Disengaging and rehabilitating high-value detainees: a small scale qualitative study

Dhami, M., Goodman-Delahunty, J., Martschuk, N., Cheung, S. and Belton, I. 2020. Disengaging and rehabilitating high-value detainees: a small scale qualitative study. Journal for Deradicalization.

Using scenarios to forecast outcomes of a refugee crisis

Wicke, L., Dhami, M., Onkal, D. and Belton, I. 2022. Using scenarios to forecast outcomes of a refugee crisis. International Journal of Forecasting. 38 (3), pp. 1175-1184. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijforecast.2019.05.017

The "analysis of competing hypotheses" in intelligence analysis

Dhami, M., Belton, I. and Mandel, D. 2019. The "analysis of competing hypotheses" in intelligence analysis. Applied Cognitive Psychology. 33 (6), pp. 1080-1090. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.3550

The role of personal mitigating factors in criminal sentencing judgments: an empirical investigation

Belton, I. 2018. The role of personal mitigating factors in criminal sentencing judgments: an empirical investigation. PhD thesis Middlesex University Psychology

On getting inside the judge’s mind

Dhami, M. and Belton, I. 2017. On getting inside the judge’s mind. Translational Issues in Psychological Science. 3 (2), pp. 214-226. https://doi.org/10.1037/tps0000115

Statistical analyses of court decisions: an example of multilevel models of sentencing

Dhami, M. and Belton, I. 2016. Statistical analyses of court decisions: an example of multilevel models of sentencing. Law and Method. 10, pp. 247-266. https://doi.org/10.5553/REM/.000019

Critical review of analytic techniques

Dhami, M., Belton, I. and Careless, K. 2016. Critical review of analytic techniques. European Intelligence and Security Informatics Conference (EISIC) 2016. Uppsala, Sweden 17 - 19 Aug 2016 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). pp. 152-155 https://doi.org/10.1109/EISIC.2016.33

Using court records for sentencing research: pitfalls and possibilities

Dhami, M. and Belton, I. 2015. Using court records for sentencing research: pitfalls and possibilities. in: Roberts, J. (ed.) Exploring Sentencing Practice in England and Wales Springer.

Quasirational models of sentencing

Dhami, M., Belton, I. and Goodman-Delahunty, J. 2015. Quasirational models of sentencing. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition. 4 (3), pp. 239-247. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jarmac.2014.07.009

Lawyer and nonlawyer susceptibility to framing effects in out-of-court civil litigation settlement

Belton, I., Thomson, M. and Dhami, M. 2014. Lawyer and nonlawyer susceptibility to framing effects in out-of-court civil litigation settlement. Journal of Empirical Legal Studies. 11 (3), pp. 578-600. https://doi.org/10.1111/jels.12050
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