RT Article
T1 The impact of delayed reporting, assault type, victim gender, and victim-defendant familiarity on mock-juror's judgements
JF Applied psychology in criminal justice
VO 16
IS 2
SP 258
OP 271
A1 Pica, Emily
A2 Sheahan, Chelsea L.
A2 Pozzulo, Joanna D.
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1919493239
AB The current studies sought to examine whether assault type, among various extralegal variables, influenced mock-jurors' judgments. Study 1 investigated whether assault type (physical vs. sexual), delay in reporting (one year vs. ten years), and the victim's familiarity with the defendant (familiar vs. not familiar) influenced mock-jurors' judgments. Mock-jurors (N = 238) read a mock-trial transcript of either a physical or sexual assault that occurred at the victim's camp one year or ten years prior. The alleged perpetrator was a camp counselor that the victim had never met before or met their first year at the camp. Study 2 (N = 464) investigated whether assault type, delayed reporting, familiarity and victim gender were influential. The overarching theme present in the results is that sexual assault is perceived more negatively than physical assault as evidenced by higher guilt ratings and less favorable perceptions attributed to the defendant. Additionally, mock-jurors appear to be more hesitant to believe a victim who delayed her reporting of physical assault, compared to a delayed reporting of sexual assault. Implications of these findings and ideas for future research are discussed.
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 269-271
K1 delayed reporting
K1 familiarity
K1 Juror decision making
K1 Physical Assault
K1 Sexual Assault