Effects of Weapons on Guilt Judgments and Sentencing Recommendations for Criminals

Dienstbier, Richard A.; Roesch, Scott C.; Mizumoto, Ayumi; Hemenover, Scott H.; Lott, Roger C.; Carlo, Gustavo

doi:10.1207/s15324834basp2002_1

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“…Third, the presence of the gun in the crime may have been more alarming to women than to men. Generally, crimes involving weapons garner longer sentences, and the more salient that a gun was used as a weapon in the crime, the harsher the sentence, particularly for women (Dienstbier et al, 1998).…”

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College Students' Perceptions of Alcohol Use in Society and in Entertainment Television

Cook¹,

Harris²

2010

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This study examined the effects of context on emotional ratings using standardized ratings to form 3 levels of images. Participants, shown only 1 level of context, rated each image using a Likert Scale. We proposed that if context effects infl uence emotional ratings, then ratings would differ by weighted stimulus contexts. Results indicated that context effects altered how participants rated images. However, when participants were informed to be aware of context effects, ratings were closer to standardized ratings. These results show that emotional responses are infl uenced by context and further, that awareness of context can overcome this infl uence. APPENDIX Task RulesRule 1. Participants had to correctly identify whether units were to be placed on a truck, or sent to the pick-up order window based on the label associated with the unit.Rule 2. Participants were required to ship units labeled as "regular" within two task-days (4 min in real time), and units labeled as "rush order" within one task-day (2 min in real time).Rule 3. Participants were required to dispatch trucks to no more than three out of fi ve available shipment zones.Rule 4. Each of the units displayed were labeled with a particular business name. Units with the same business names were to be shipped together on one truck rather than dispersed between several trucks.Rule 5. Each truck had a limited capacity, and participants were required to limit loads on each truck to that capacity. Rule 6. Trucks exceeding their capacity by more than 20% were not dispatched. Rule 7.Orders fi rst appeared in the "queue, " which was a waiting list of orders not yet accepted. Participants were required to accept orders from the queue within one task day (2 min in real time).PSI CHI JOURNAL OF UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH | SUMMER 2010

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College Students' Perceptions of Alcohol Use in Society and in Entertainment Television

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2010

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“…A factor that may be related to the disposition of male and female filicide perpetrators in the criminal justice system may be the method of killing. Some laboratory research has found that when weapons are involved in crimes (holding all crime attributes constant), mock jurors tend to render sentences that are more severe (Dienstbier et al, 1998). Therefore, we also might expect to see a decrease in perceptions of responsibility based on legal insanity dispositions, and an increase in severity of sentences for those convicted, regardless of sex, when guns are used, compared to smothering.…”

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“… 2 Although we acknowledge that jurors in real cases (with the exception of death‐penalty cases) do not administer sentencing decisions, we consider our sentencing decisions to be like typical attitude measures, measuring general attitudes toward perpetrators (e.g., Dienstbier et al, 1998). …”

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Effects of Sex and Race of Perpetrator and Method of Killing on Outcome Judgments in a Mock Filicide Case

Dunn¹,

Cowan²,

Downs³

2006

J Applied Social Pyschol

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The present study examined college student mock jurors' judgments of legal insanity, outcome severity, and death-penalty decisions in a filicide case. The sex and race of perpetrator (Black or White) and method of killing (shooting or smothering) were varied in a between-subjects design. A 3-way interaction was found for outcome severity, supporting Jones & Davis' (1965) attributional principle of stronger dispositional attributions for unexpected behaviors. As predicted, White women were judged more severely when they used a gun compared to when they smothered, whereas White men were judged more severely when they smothered compared to when they used a gun. The most severe judgments were made for Black male perpetrators who used a gun. Results are discussed in terms of sex and racial stereotypes.

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“…Thus, there may be a widely held belief that women are the only victims of domestic violence and that men may be desensitized to some interpersonal violence. Dienstbier, Roesch, Mizumoto, Hemenover, Lott, and Carlo (1998) found that exposure to weapons (guns) led to harsher criminal sentencing in a mock jury study. They also found a weapon-saliency effect in the criminal verdict and sentencing.…”

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The Effects of Pragmatic Content on Syllogistic Reasoning

Stefonik¹,

Keniston²

2006

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Effects of Weapons on Guilt Judgments and Sentencing Recommendations for Criminals

Cited by 8 publications

References 22 publications

College Students' Perceptions of Alcohol Use in Society and in Entertainment Television

College Students' Perceptions of Alcohol Use in Society and in Entertainment Television

Effects of Sex and Race of Perpetrator and Method of Killing on Outcome Judgments in a Mock Filicide Case

The Effects of Pragmatic Content on Syllogistic Reasoning

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