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- Title
A Case of Culture: Defendant Gender and Juror Decision-Making.
- Authors
Yamamoto, Susan; Maeder, Evelyn M.
- Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the use of cultural evidence toward an automatism defense, and whether such evidence would be detrimental or beneficial to a male versus a female defendant. U.S. participants (N = 208), recruited via Amazon's Mechanical Turk, read a fictional spousal homicide case in which the defendant claimed to have blacked out during the crime. We manipulated the gender of the defendant and whether a culture-specific issue was claimed to have precipitated the defendant's blackout. ANOVAs revealed that cultural evidence positively affected perceived credibility for the female defendant, whereas there were no differences for the male defendant. Results also demonstrated that when cultural evidence was presented, the female defendant was seen as less in control of her actions than was the male defendant. Furthermore, lower credibility and higher perceived defendant control predicted harsher verdict decisions. This investigation may aid scholars in discussing concerns regarding a clash between multicultural and feminist objectives in the courtroom.
- Subjects
UNITED States; ANALYSIS of variance; CONFIDENCE intervals; CRIMINALS; DECISION making; HOMICIDE; JURY; CULTURAL pluralism; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH funding; SEX distribution; T-test (Statistics); MULTIPLE regression analysis; EFFECT sizes (Statistics); INSANITY defense; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2017, Vol 32, Issue 20, p3090
- ISSN
0886-2605
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0886260515596976