比较对儿童性侵犯者和成年人的看法
Emily A Calobrisi1, Raymond A Knight1
1Department of Psychology, Brandeis University.
Law and human behavior
|April 11, 2024
概括
公众对性犯罪者的看法显示出对那些有儿童受害者的偏见,这导致对惩罚的态度更加严厉,无论风险评估调整如何. 这突出了影响法律判断的重大社会偏见.
科学领域:
- 法医心理学 法医心理学
- 社会心理学 社会心理学
- 犯罪学 犯罪学
背景情况:
- 公众对性犯罪者的看法受到受害者特征的影响.
- 了解风险评估和惩罚态度中的偏见对于法律和惩戒系统至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查受害者年龄 (儿童与成人) 如何影响公众对性犯罪者的风险评估和惩罚态度.
- 确定精算反是否可以减轻这些偏差.
主要方法:
- 389名参与者根据视频评价了性犯罪者的重犯风险和监狱后的处置.
- 根据受害者的年龄 (儿童/成年人) 和犯罪者的风险级别而有所不同.
- 参与者在收到精算反后进行了重新评估.
主要成果:
- 对有儿童受害者的犯罪者给予更高的风险评级,特别是对风险较低的案件.
- 惩罚态度对有儿童受害者的罪犯更具惩罚性,在反后仍然存在.
- 精算反并没有显著改变根据受害者的年龄修订初始风险评级的可能性.
结论:
- 对有儿童受害者的性犯罪者存在重大偏见,这影响了风险感知和惩罚性判断.
- 虽然风险判断可以调整,但对儿童受害者的偏见仍然是公众态度的一个强有力的因素.
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