Reluctant to embrace innocence: an experimental test of persevering culpability judgments on people’s willingness to support reintegration services for exonerees

People are hesitant to fully support reintegration efforts (e.g., opportunities to receive psychological counseling, career counseling, job training, housing assistance, educational opportunities, financial compensation) to help exonerees wrongfully convicted of a crime. However, underlying reasons...

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Main Author: Scherr, Kyle C. (Author)
Contributors: Normile, Christopher J. ; Sarmiento, Maria Camila
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2018
In: Journal of experimental criminology
Year: 2018, Volume: 14, Issue: 4, Pages: 529-538
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Keywords:
Wrongful convictions
Belief perseverance
Stereotypes
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Summary:People are hesitant to fully support reintegration efforts (e.g., opportunities to receive psychological counseling, career counseling, job training, housing assistance, educational opportunities, financial compensation) to help exonerees wrongfully convicted of a crime. However, underlying reasons motivating people’s hesitancy remain unaddressed. This research examined the influence of being wrongfully convicted of a race stereotypic-consistent crime on people’s judgments of exonerees’ culpability and willingness to support reintegration programs.
ISSN:1572-8315
DOI:10.1007/s11292-017-9306-2