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The effects of defendant and victim race and the impact of judicial instructions on defendant verdict were examined using a simulated videotaped rape trial. Subjects were 243 Canadian university students randomly assigned to one of eight conditions. Subjects were asked to assume the role of juror and to view a videotape of a simulated rape trial. The results indicated that the defendant's overall attractiveness or "positive appeal" was the best predictor of defendant guilt, above and beyond defendant race. Neither victim characteristics nor the presence of judicial instructions was found to have predictive utility. Results are contrasted with findings from simulation studies in the United States.

The MMPI and more recently the MMPI-2 have been held to be the clinical standard for assessing both fake-good and fake-bad response styles. In a contrasted-groups design, we compared simulators under fake-good (n = 67) and fake-bad (n = 58) instructions to controls (n = 90) and psychiatric patients (n = 95) under standard instructions. For fake-good profiles, we found that F-K < -12 had a hit rate of 80.6% and was partly supported by earlier research (Austin, 1992). For fake-bad profiles, F > 89 and F-K > 7 were the optimum cutting scores with hit rates of 86.2% and 87.0%, respectively. Unfortunately, previous research fails to confirm these cutting scores and leading proponents of the MMPI-2 substantially disagree on what methods to employ. Therefore, we recommend in cases of suspected malingering that the MMPI-2 be used only for screening purposes.

Cet article presente la plus grande recherche canadienne qui ait Bt6 consacree aux femmes et au harchlement sexuel dans le milieu du travail (N = 1 990), en Btudiant la frequence des diffbrentes formes de harchlement ainsi que les details de ces experiences, fournis par un sous-bchantillon ( n = 424). Dans le cadre de cette recherche, les femmes decrivent leurs reactions B 1'6gard du harchlement et ses effets sur leur travail et dans leur vie personnelle. Le but de cet article est d'etudier le lien entre les caracteristiques du harchlement et ses repercussions. Les resultats permettent de discuter les implications susceptibles de servir B bltir une theorie sur le harcblement, particulihrement la facon dont la theorie sur le pouvoir organisationnel peut contribuer du harchlement au travail. notre comprehension des consequences This paper describes the largest Canadian survey devoted to women's experiences with workplace sexual harassment (N = 1,990) including the incidence of various types of harassment and details about these experiences provided by a sub-sample (n = 424). These women described their responses to the harassment and how it affected their work and personal lives. The analyses explore the relationship between characteristics of the harassment and its consequences. The findings are used to discuss theoretical implications, particularly with respect to how organizational power theory can contribute to our understanding of the consequences of workplace harassment.IN THE PAST TWO DECADES, sexual harassment in the workplace has become recognized as a serious social issue. For years, as women joined the