Effects of Defendant Background and Remorse on Sentencing Judgments
作者:
Michael C. Rumsey,
期刊:
Journal of Applied Social Psychology
(WILEY Available online 1976)
卷期:
Volume 6,
issue 1
页码: 64-68
ISSN:0021-9029
年代: 1976
DOI:10.1111/j.1559-1816.1976.tb01312.x
出版商: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
Previous evidence that subject sentencing judgments are mediated by considerations of equity led to the hypothesis that defendant remorse and an impoverished defendant background would each reduce subject sentencing judgments. Results from 48 male and 48 female student subjects showed that remorse had the predicted effect (p<.02) but background did not. Regardless of the initial manipulation, sentences shifted significantly toward leniency (p<.02) after subjects had engaged in group discussion. The effect for remorse is consistent with the contention that the equity principle extends to psychological factors, while the leniency shift raises the possibility that jury deliberations tend to favor the defendant.
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