Whose fault? Defendant perceptions of their own blameworthiness and guilty plea decisions

With the present paper, we seek to understand how defendants form of perceptions blameworthiness and to assess how these perceptions affect willingness to accept a plea offer. With an online vignette survey (N = 659), we randomized 1) guilt and 2) riskiness of victim behavior in a vehicular manslaug...

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Authors: Lee, Jacqueline G. (Author) ; Jaynes, Chae M. (Author) ; Patterson, Silas (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2024
In: Journal of crime and justice
Year: 2024, Volume: 47, Issue: 2, Pages: 241-263
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Keywords:
willingness to accept a plea
victim behavior
Culpability
Guilty Plea