Justice Tankebe,Michael D Reisig,Xia Wang
Justice Tankebe
This study used survey data from cross-sectional, university-based samples of young adults in different cultural settings (i.e., the United States and Ghana) to accomplish 2 main objectives: (1) to construct a 4-dimensional police legitimac...
The impact of frequency of behavior and type of contact on judgments involving a criminal stalking case [0.03%]
行为频率和接触类型对一起刑事跟踪案件判断的影响
Casey L Magyarics,Kellie R Lynch,Jonathan M Golding et al.
Casey L Magyarics et al.
We investigated mock juror perceptions of the frequency of behavior and type of contact in an ex-intimate stalking case. We used a mock-juror methodology, in which 204 community members (129 women) read a stalking trial summary, rendered a ...
The effects of question repetition on responses when prosecutors and defense attorneys question children alleging sexual abuse in court [0.03%]
检察官和辩护律师在法庭上重复提问对声称受到性虐待的儿童回答的影响
Samantha J Andrews,Michael E Lamb,Thomas D Lyon
Samantha J Andrews
This study examined the effects of repeated questions (n = 12,169) on 6- to 12-year-olds' testimony in child sexual abuse cases. We examined transcripts of direct- and cross-examinations of 120 children, categorizing how attorneys asked rep...
Risk of violence by inmates with childhood trauma and mental health needs [0.03%]
具有童年创伤和心理健康需求的在押人员暴力风险
Michael S Martin,Gordana Eljdupovic,Kwame McKenzie et al.
Michael S Martin et al.
Inmates who experienced childhood trauma have higher rates of institutional violence. However, the potential intermediate roles of co-occurring mental health and substance use needs and early justice involvement have not previously been con...
Aggression, substance use disorder, and presence of a prior suicide attempt among juvenile offenders with subclinical depression [0.03%]
攻击行为、物质使用障碍以及既往有自杀企图在亚临床状态下的少年犯中较为常见
Tamara Kang,Jennifer Eno Louden,Elijah P Ricks et al.
Tamara Kang et al.
Juvenile justice agencies often use the presence of a Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) diagnosis as a criterion for offenders' eligibility for mental health treatment. However, relying on diagnoses to sort offende...
Predicting reoffense in pedophilic child molesters by clinical diagnoses and risk assessment [0.03%]
临床诊断和风险评估在预测恋童癖儿童猥亵者的再犯率中的作用
Reinhard Eher,Mark E Olver,Isabelle Heurix et al.
Reinhard Eher et al.
A Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)-based diagnosis of pedophilia has so far failed to predict sexual reoffense in convicted child molesters, probably because of its broad and unspecific conceptualization. In this ...
Possibility of death sentence has divergent effect on verdicts for Black and White defendants [0.03%]
死刑的可能性对黑人和白人被告的判决产生不同的影响
Jack Glaser,Karin D Martin,Kimberly B Kahn
Jack Glaser
When anticipating the imposition of the death penalty, jurors may be less inclined to convict defendants. On the other hand, minority defendants have been shown to be treated more punitively, particularly in capital cases. Given that the in...
Evan Dawson,Maria Hartwig,Laure Brimbal
Evan Dawson
Research on implicit cognition has found that activating mental concepts can lead people to behave in ways that are consistent with the primed concept. In a pilot study we tested the effects of priming attachment security on the accessibili...
Predictors of the sex offender civil commitment trial outcomes in New York State [0.03%]
纽约州性侵犯者民事监禁的预后因素
Yunmei Lu,Naomi J Freeman,Jeffrey C Sandler
Yunmei Lu
The present study analyzed sex offender civil management (i.e., civil commitment) legal proceedings in New York State and identified factors that predict trial results. Specifically, the current study compared a sample of 38 sex offenders w...
Does evidence really matter? An exploratory analysis of the role of evidence in plea bargaining in felony drug cases [0.03%]
证据真的重要吗？一项关于证据在量刑讨价中所起作用的探索性分析——以重罪毒品案件为例
Besiki L Kutateladze,Victoria Z Lawson,Nancy R Andiloro
Besiki L Kutateladze
The majority of cases in the United States are disposed of through plea bargaining; however, this important discretionary point has received relatively little attention from researchers compared with trial and jury proceedings, and other di...