Effects of Victim, Defendant, and Juror Gender on Decisions in Child Sexual Assault Cases1
Effects of Victim, Defendant, and Juror Gender on Decisions in Child Sexual Assault Cases1
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受害人、被告和陪审员性别对儿童性侵犯案件决策的影响1
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2002
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Kari L. Nysse
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Jodi A. Quas;Bcette L. Bottoms;Tamara M. Haegerich;Kari L. Nysse
我们研究了陪审员、受害者和被告的性别对陪审员在儿童性虐待案件中的决定的综合影响。模拟陪审员宣读了一起袭击案件的场景，该案件涉及一名被指控猥亵 15 岁男孩或女孩的男性或女性被告。陪审员随后做出判决，并对被告和受害人对虐待行为的可信度和责任进行评级。在案件判决中，女性陪审员通常比男性陪审员更支持受害人。此外，女性施暴者的评价比男性施暴者更宽大，特别是当受害者是男孩时，男性陪审员的评价更是如此。案件判决与陪审员的社会保守主义、性别歧视或对同性恋的态度无关。研究结果对于理解涉及青少年受害者的混合性别和同性虐待的社会看法以及陪审团在男性和女性实施的儿童性侵犯案件中的决策具有重要意义。
We examined the combined influence of juror, victim, and defendant gender on jurors’ decisions in child sexual abuse cases. Mock jurors read scenarios of an assault case involving a man or woman defendant accused of molesting a 15-year-old boy or girl. Jurors then rendered verdicts and rated the defendant's and victim's believability and responsibility for the abuse. Female jurors were generally more pro-victim in case judgments than were male jurors. Additionally, a woman perpetrator was evaluated more leniently than was a man perpetrator, especially by male jurors when the victim was a boy. Case judgments were unrelated to jurors’ social conservatism, sexism, or attitudes toward homosexuality. Results have implications for understanding social perceptions of mixed- and same-gender abuse involving adolescent victims, and juror decision making in man- and woman-perpetrated child sexual assault cases.