The influence of empathy in mock jury criminal cases: adding to the affect control model

Affect control theory proposes a relationship among emotion display, identity, and behavior. This study adds another variable to affect control theory by incorporating empathy into the affect control model. The inclusion of empathy emphasizes the importance of the observer's compassion on judgm...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tsoudis, Olga (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2002
In: Western criminology review
Year: 2002, Volume: 4, Issue: 1, Pages: 55-67
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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Keywords:
Emotion
Affektkontrolle
Empathie
Identität
Urteilsfindung
Strafzumessungsforschung
Täter
Opfer
Empathy
affect control
mock jurors
legal decisions
criminal identity
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Summary:Affect control theory proposes a relationship among emotion display, identity, and behavior. This study adds another variable to affect control theory by incorporating empathy into the affect control model. The inclusion of empathy emphasizes the importance of the observer's compassion on judgments regarding the actors. The influence of empathy is tested in the legal context through an experiment using undergraduate respondents' reactions as mock jurors to statements attributed to criminals and victims. Included in each statement are nonverbal cues of either a sad or relaxed emotion display. Path models show the significant relationships among emotion displays, empathy, and identity. The importance of empathy to affect control theory is discussed, in addition to the importance of empathy in understanding legal decision making.
Item Description:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 64-67
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