Role Induced Bias in Court: An Experimental Analysis

Criminal procedure is organized as a tournament with predefined roles. We show that assuming the role of a defense counsel or prosecutor leads to role induced bias even if participants are asked to predict a court ruling after they have ceased to act in that role, and if they expect a substantial fi...

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Main Author: Andreas Glöckner (Author)
Contributors: Christoph Engel
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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