被告年龄对不同犯罪刑罚严厉程度的影响。

Effects of defendant age on severity of punishment for different crimes.

作者信息

Bergeron Christine E, McKelvie Stuart J

机构信息

Department of Psychology, Bishop's University, Lennoxville, Québec, Canada.

出版信息

J Soc Psychol. 2004 Feb;144(1):75-90. doi: 10.3200/SOCP.144.1.75-90.

DOI:10.3200/SOCP.144.1.75-90

PMID:14760966

Abstract

After reading a murder or theft vignette in which the perpetrator was a 20-, 40-, or 60-year-old man, 95 undergraduates gave sentence and parole recommendations. Punishment was harsher for the murder than for the theft. For murder, participants treated the 20- and 60-year-old men less harshly than the 40-year-old man, which confirms previous archival findings. However, this inverted U-shaped function occurred for murder only. The authors discussed the results in the context of the just-desert and utilitarian rationales that guide sentencing and gave suggestions for future research.

摘要

95名本科生在阅读了一篇谋杀或盗窃的短文后，针对其中20岁、40岁或60岁男性罪犯给出了量刑和假释建议。谋杀案的惩罚比盗窃案更严厉。对于谋杀案，参与者对20岁和60岁男性的惩罚比对40岁男性的惩罚要轻，这证实了之前档案研究的结果。然而，这种倒U形函数仅出现在谋杀案中。作者在指导量刑的应得惩罚和功利主义理论背景下讨论了结果，并为未来研究提出了建议。