"部分无罪"效应:虚假的认罪请求部分不道德的行为
Stephanie A Cardenas1,2, Patricia Y Sanchez2, Saul M Kassin2
1Williams College, Williamstown, MA, USA.
Personality & social psychology bulletin
|July 26, 2023
概括
对犯罪部分无辜的个人承认有罪的比例很高,与实际有罪的人相似. 罪恶感,而不是羞耻感,驱使这种行为,导致承认未犯的罪行.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 法律心理学 法律心理学
- 行为经济学是一种行为经济学.
背景情况:
- "无罪问题"描述了无辜的个人认罪.
- 有关的现象是"部分无罪",即个人承认自己没有犯下的罪行,但其严重程度与其实际罪行不同,研究不足.
研究的目的:
- 调查"部分无罪"背后的心理因素和决策过程.
- 将部分无辜的个体的行为与完全无辜或有罪的人进行比较.
主要方法:
- 利用高风险的实验和沉浸式角色扮演范式.
- 学生被实验性地分配到无罪,有罪或部分无罪的条件,涉及学术违规行为.
- 参与者决定是否接受或拒绝认罪协议以避免受到纪律处罚.
主要成果:
- 部分无辜的学生接受了与有罪的学生相比的比例和明显高于无辜的学生的认罪协议.
- 部分无辜的人比无辜的人报告了更大的内感.
- 感觉内,但不是羞耻,与对未犯的罪行承担责任有关.
结论:
- 部分无罪显著影响认罪决定,反映了有罪个人的行为.
- 罪恶感,而不是羞耻感,似乎是部分无辜的个人接受责任的关键心理驱动因素.
- 这些发现突出了法律决策中的复杂心理动态,超越了简单的无辜或有罪.
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