在供词中淡化或夸大犯罪严重程度如何影响感知到的有罪程度。
How downplaying or exaggerating crime severity in a confession affects perceived guilt.
作者信息
Holt Glenys A, Palmer Matthew A
机构信息
School of Psychology, University of Chester, Chester, UK.
School of Psychological Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia.
出版信息
Psychiatr Psychol Law. 2020 Dec 14;28(4):599-611. doi: 10.1080/13218719.2020.1837027. eCollection 2021.
This study investigates how judgments of guilt are influenced by factual errors in confessions that either amplify or downplay the severity of the crime. Participants read a confession statement and police report in which either the confession was consistent with the police report, the suspect admitted to a worse crime or the suspect admitted to a lesser crime. Mediation analyses showed that, compared to consistent confessions, both types of directional errors reduced judgments of guilt. Inconsistencies that made the suspect look better - but not those that made the suspect look worse -also increased judgments of guilt via a direct effect. Confessions that contain errors that appear to exaggerate the severity of the crime prompt no higher judgments of suspect guilt; however, errors in confessions that are perceived to downplay the severity of the crime can prompt an increased perception of suspect guilt compared to a consistent confession.
本研究调查了有罪判决是如何受到供词中的事实错误影响的，这些错误要么夸大要么淡化了罪行的严重程度。参与者阅读了一份供词陈述和警方报告，其中供词与警方报告一致、嫌疑人承认了更严重的罪行或嫌疑人承认了较轻的罪行。中介分析表明，与一致的供词相比，两种类型的方向性错误都降低了有罪判决。使嫌疑人看起来更好的不一致——但不是使嫌疑人看起来更糟的不一致——也通过直接效应增加了有罪判决。包含似乎夸大罪行严重程度错误的供词不会导致对嫌疑人有罪的更高判决；然而，与一致的供词相比，被认为淡化罪行严重程度的供词中的错误会导致对嫌疑人有罪的认知增加。
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