The effects of sex offender stereotypes on potential juror beliefs about conviction, victim blame and perceptions of offender mental stability

The current study sought to investigate the widely held myth that sex offenders are sociallyisolated with few or no friends and no romantic partners. Vignettes describing a sex offensewere presented to the participants in which the level of social support reported was varied(no friends vs. friends v...

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Main Author: Borhart, Hannah M. (Author)
Contributors: Plumm, Karyn M.
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2015
In: Applied psychology in criminal justice
Year: 2015, Volume: 11, Issue: 3, Pages: 207-219
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