Curley Lee John, Lages Martin, Sime Pamela J, Munro James
Department of Psychology, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow G4 0BA, UK.
School of Psychology & Neuroscience, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK.
Behav Sci (Basel). 2024 Jul 21;14(7):619. doi: 10.3390/bs14070619.
The Scottish verdict system includes three verdicts: 'guilty', 'not guilty' and 'not proven'. Politicians propose that the three-verdict system is partially to blame for the low conviction rate of rape, whereas research suggests that rape myths may be having a larger impact. To test the effects of varying verdict systems (guilty, not guilty and not proven; guilty and not guilty; a series of proven and not proven verdicts) and rape myths on juror verdicts. A total of 180 participants answered questions regarding their acceptance of rape myths using the Acceptance of Modern Myth and Sexual Aggression (AMMSA) scale. They then watched a staged rape trial filmed in a real courtroom and reached a verdict. Participants also provided longer-form answers on which thematical analysis was conducted. The main findings are as follows: (1) The special verdict system leads to a higher conviction rate than the other systems when rape myth acceptance is controlled for. (2) The higher the rape myth acceptance, the more favourably the accused was perceived and the less favourably the complainer was perceived.
“有罪”、“无罪”和“证据不足”。政治家们认为，三裁决系统应对强奸案的低定罪率负有部分责任，而研究表明，强奸谬见可能产生了更大影响。为了测试不同裁决系统（有罪、无罪和证据不足；有罪和无罪；一系列证据确凿和证据不足的裁决）以及强奸谬见对陪审员裁决的影响。共有180名参与者使用现代谬见与性侵犯接受度（AMMSA）量表回答了有关他们对强奸谬见接受程度的问题。然后，他们观看了在真实法庭拍摄的模拟强奸审判并做出裁决。参与者还提供了篇幅较长的回答，并在此基础上进行了主题分析。主要研究结果如下：（1）在控制了对强奸谬见的接受程度后，特殊裁决系统比其他系统导致更高的定罪率。（2）对强奸谬见的接受程度越高，对被告的看法就越有利，对投诉人的看法就越不利。
