‘He seems odd’: the effects of risk-irrelevant information and actuarial risk estimates on mock jurors’ perceptions of sexual recidivism risk

Previous research has shown that mock and actual jurors give little weight to actuarial sexual offending recidivism risk estimates when making decisions regarding civil commitment for so-called sexually violent predators (SVPs). We hypothesized that non-risk related factors, such as irrelevant conte...

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Authors: Kamorowski, Jennifer (Author) ; Ask, Karl (Author) ; Schreuder, Maartje (Author) ; Jelícic, Marko (Author) ; Ruiter, Corine de (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2022
In: Psychology, crime & law
Year: 2022, Volume: 28, Issue: 4, Pages: 342-371
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Keywords:
SVP civil commitment
sexually violent offenders
need for cognition
mock jurors
actuarial risk assessment