The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Teesside University, Middlesbrough, UK.
Trauma Violence Abuse. 2024 Dec;25(5):4062-4077. doi: 10.1177/15248380241270082. Epub 2024 Sep 13.
A systematic review of research exploring the impact of providing rape myth countering information to mock-jurors was conducted. The primary aim of the review was to inform the development of an educational intervention for jurors to reduce potential bias in their decision-making based on belief in prevalent rape myths. In total, the following 12 databases were searched: British Education Index, CINAHL, Child Development and Adolescent Studies, Criminal Justice Abstracts, Educational Administration Abstracts, ERIC, MEDLINE, PsycArticles, PsycInfo, PubMed, Scopus, and Social Care Online. The databases were filtered to return peer-reviewed publications, written in English, and published between 1980 and 2023. The search returned 6,119 potential articles. After duplicates were removed, the 3,202 remaining publications were screened. Only studies that presented rape myth countering information to participants within a mock-juror paradigm were included. Studies that did not compare an information condition to a no-information control condition were excluded, as were those which concerned male rape myths, given the focus on female rape myth beliefs in this review. Eight studies were reviewed and were critically appraised according to validity criteria utilized by Dinos et al. Some evidence emerged to suggest that the provision of judicial directions, expert witness testimony, and complainant statements regarding rape myths can impact upon jury decision-making although the findings were mixed overall. Study limitations regarding internal and external validity were frequently present. Recommendations regarding future research questions and methods are advanced, including those that can inform the development of an effective intervention for jurors.
对探索提供强奸谬论反驳信息对模拟陪审员影响的研究进行了系统回顾。审查的主要目的是为陪审员提供教育干预措施提供信息，以减少他们基于对普遍存在的强奸谬论的信仰而在决策中产生潜在偏见。总共搜索了以下 12 个数据库：英国教育索引、CINAHL、儿童发展和青少年研究、刑事司法摘要、教育管理摘要、ERIC、MEDLINE、PsycArticles、PsycInfo、PubMed、Scopus 和 Social Care Online。数据库经过过滤，只返回同行评审的出版物，用英文撰写，并且发表于 1980 年至 2023 年之间。搜索返回了 6119 篇潜在文章。去除重复项后，保留了 3202 篇剩余出版物进行筛选。仅包括在模拟陪审员范式中向参与者提供强奸谬论反驳信息的研究。不将信息条件与无信息对照条件进行比较的研究被排除在外，因为这些研究涉及男性强奸谬论，因为本综述的重点是女性强奸谬论信念。综述了 8 项研究，并根据 Dinos 等人使用的有效性标准进行了批判性评估。有一些证据表明，提供司法指导、专家证人证言和关于强奸谬论的投诉陈述可能会影响陪审团的决策，尽管总体而言结果不一致。研究在内部和外部有效性方面存在局限性。提出了有关未来研究问题和方法的建议，包括可以为陪审员提供有效干预措施的建议。
