Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.
Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.
Child Abuse Negl. 2017 Jul;69:1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2017.03.025. Epub 2017 Apr 14.
This study examined the influence of victim sex, mock juror sex, and type of child abuse (physical, sexual, emotional, and neglect) on mock jurors' assessments of eyewitness and defendant integrity, continuous guilt ratings, dichotomous verdicts, and sentencing recommendations. Participants read one of eight versions of a trial transcript and then answered a self-report questionnaire. Female mock jurors were significantly more likely to find the defendant guilty overall. Moreover, female mock jurors recommended significantly longer sentences for defendants in sexual abuse cases; whereas, male mock jurors recommended significantly longer sentences for defendants in sexual and physical abuse cases. Male mock jurors perceived the defendant more favorably than female mock jurors; whereas, female mock jurors perceived the alleged victim more favorable than male mock jurors. These results suggest that juror sex may be an influential factor in child abuse cases overall.
本研究考察了受害者性别、模拟陪审员性别以及虐待类型（身体虐待、性虐待、情感虐待和忽视）对模拟陪审员对目击证人与被告诚信度、持续有罪评级、二分裁决以及量刑建议评估的影响。参与者阅读了八份审判记录版本中的一份，然后回答了一份自陈式问卷。女性模拟陪审员总体上更有可能判定被告有罪。此外，女性模拟陪审员建议对性虐待案件中的被告判处更长的刑期；而男性模拟陪审员建议对性虐待和身体虐待案件中的被告判处更长的刑期。男性模拟陪审员对被告的评价优于女性模拟陪审员；而女性模拟陪审员对指控的受害者的评价优于男性模拟陪审员。这些结果表明，在儿童虐待案件中，陪审员性别可能是一个重要的影响因素。
