RT Article
T1 Reluctant to embrace innocence: an experimental test of persevering culpability judgments on people’s willingness to support reintegration services for exonerees
JF Journal of experimental criminology
VO 14
IS 4
SP 529
OP 538
A1 Scherr, Kyle C.
A1 Normile, Christopher J.
A1 Sarmiento, Maria Camila
A2 Normile, Christopher J.
A2 Sarmiento, Maria Camila
LA English
YR 2018
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1748308645
AB 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.
K1 Wrongful convictions
K1 Belief perseverance
K1 Stereotypes
DO 10.1007/s11292-017-9306-2