Jonathan M Golding

Biographic Data

ID3697861
NAMEJonathan M Golding
GIVEN NAMESJonathan M
FAMILY NAMEGolding
SIGNATUREGOLDING J M
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Kentucky
ORCID0000-0003-1126-1882
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS34
TOTAL CITATIONS59
AUTHOR COUNT34
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1984
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX4

  • Perceptions of the potential transmission of the human immune-deficiency virus (HIV): Legal decision-making in civil court

    Alexa A Mecikalski, Jonathan M Golding et al.ARTICLEPsychology, Crime & Law2026

    The present study analyzed legal decision-making in a human immune-deficiency virus (HIV) civil trial. Male and female community members read a trial summary in which a female plaintiff (either sober or intoxicated at the time of sexual intercourse) alleged that a male defendant failed to disclose his HIV status prior to having sex. Participants provided judgements about the case (e.g. case decision, plaintiff and defendant credibility). The prim…

  • Proving Love or Instilling Fear? Gender Differences in Perceptions and Jury Deliberations of Stalking Among College Students

    Open AccessNesa E Wasarhaley, Kellie R Lynch et al.ARTICLECriminal Justice and Behavior2026

    We examined how college students perceived and discussed an intimate partner stalking case during mock jury deliberations. Specifically, undergraduates constituting 22 mixed-gender mock juries provided individual pre- and postdeliberation verdicts and deliberated in mixed-gender groups. We used Pathfinder analyses to derive semantic networks from their written pre- and postdeliberation verdict reasoning and the transcribed jury deliberations. Dur…

  • Perceptions of “Stealthing” in Civil Court

    Open AccessLibbi A Geoghagan, Jonathan M Golding et al.ARTICLEViolence Against Women2025References: 3

    This study investigated how jurors perceive victim intoxication in a civil case involving "stealthing," the nonconsensual removal of a condom during sexual intercourse. Participants read a trial summary and made case judgments. Results revealed: (a) more plaintiff decisions when the victim was sober compared to intoxicated; (b) the effect of victim intoxication on case decision was indirectly affected by pro-victim judgments; and (c) the victim's…

  • Type of Corporal Punishment and Charge Severity Shape Mock Jurors’ Judgments in a Child Physical Abuse Case

    Open AccessKelly C Burke, Jonathan M Golding et al.ARTICLEJournal of Family Violence2025References: 1

  • Surveying Non-Consensual Drink Spiking Among College and Online Samples

    Anne Lippert, Jonathan M Golding et al.ARTICLEDeviant Behavior2025References: 27

  • Perceptions of male-perpetrated sexual assault: The impact of victim gender and perceived sexual orientation

    Mary M Levi, Stephanie Mckee et al.ARTICLEPsychology of Sexual Orientation…2024

  • Legal Decision-Making in an Adult Rape Case Involving DNA Evidence

    Open AccessAlexa A Mecikalski, Jonathan M Golding et al.ARTICLEViolence Against Women2024References: 3

    This study investigated how jurors use deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) evidence in an adult rape trial with a female victim and a male stranger defendant. Community members read a trial summary and then made case judgments (e.g., verdict). Results showed: (a) DNA evidence led to more pro-victim judgments (e.g., more guilty verdicts) than those who did not receive DNA evidence; (b) women were more pro-victim than men; (c) pro-victim judgments indirect…

  • Whom Would You Help? The Impact of Perpetrator and Victim Gender on Bystander Behavior During a Sexual Assault

    Open AccessAnne Lippert, Dylan Baker et al.ARTICLEViolence Against Women2024References: 4

    We examined the impact of perpetrator and victim gender on bystander helping choices and assault perceptions. Participants (32 females, 37 males) read about two simultaneously occurring sexual assaults, indicated which victim they would help, and gave their perceptions of the assaults. We used a within-participants design that fully manipulated the perpetrator and victim gender for both assaults. Results showed female victims of male perpetrators…

  • When Driving Under the Influence Leads to Manslaughter: Perceptions of Plea Bargains

    Mary M Levi, Jonathan M Golding et al.ARTICLEThe American Journal of Psychology2023

    The present study examined perceptions of driving under the influence (DUI) manslaughter cases that result in plea bargains. Participants (32 women, 23 men) read a vignette describing a DUI case in which the intoxicated driver hit and killed another person and were then asked to answer questions about their perceptions of the case. We used a within-participant design and manipulated the age of the victim, the type of plea bargain, and the locatio…

  • Mock Juror Perceptions of a Male or Female Adult Rape Victim Crying in the Courtroom

    Open AccessAndrea M Pals, Mary M Levi et al.ARTICLEViolence Against Women2023References: 15

    This study investigated the impact of victim crying and gender on perceptions of rape cases. Participants (N = 240, 51.5% male, 48.1% female) completed a 2 (victim crying) × 2 (victim gender) × 2 (participant gender) between-participants design with case judgments (e.g., verdict) as the DVs. Results found that a rape victim crying during testimony increased pro-victim judgments compared to when the victim did not cry, that female mock jurors were…

  • The Impact of Victim Demeanor on Jurors’ Perceptions of a Sexual Harassment Victim

    Open AccessBaylee D Jenkins, Sophia Sawaya et al.ARTICLEViolence Against Women2023Cited by: 2References: 7

    Despite the prevalence of sexual harassment in the workplace, little research has investigated the role of victim demeanor in perceptions of sexual harassment cases. The present study varied whether the victim cried while testifying by using drawings of the victim. Participants were presented with a civil trial summary and asked to make trial-related judgments. Overall, factors representing participants' perceptions of victim credibility and vict…

  • The influence of jailhouse informant testimony on jury deliberation

    Jonathan M Golding, Jeffrey S Neuschatz et al.ARTICLEPsychology Public Policy and Law2022

  • The Sobering Effects of Jailhouse Informant Testimony on Perceptions of an Intoxicated Rape Victim

    Alexis M Le Grand, Baylee D Jenkins et al.ARTICLEBasic and Applied Social Psychology2021

    This study investigated the impact of jailhouse informant (JI) testimony on mock-jurors’ perceptions of an alcohol-facilitated rape trial. Male and female participants (N = 186) read a rape trial summary of an adult female after attending a concert. The trial varied whether the victim was intoxicated or sober and whether a JI testified that the defendant confessed to the rape. The results indicated that participants were more pro-victim (e.g., vo…

  • Will jurors believe nonbelievers? Perceptions of atheist rape victims in the courtroom

    Jazmin L Brown-Iannuzzi, Jonathan M Golding et al.ARTICLEPsychology of Religion and…2021

  • Strength Versus Sensitivity: The Impact of Attorney Gender on Juror Perceptions and Trial Outcomes in a Rape Case

    Open AccessMary M Levi, Kellie R Lynch et al.ARTICLEViolence Against Women2021References: 6

    We examined the impact of attorney gender on perceptions of a criminal rape trial. Community members ( N = 208) read a trial summary describing a rape scenario in which the gender of the prosecuting and defense attorney were manipulated. The results revealed indirect effects of prosecuting and defense attorney gender on verdict through perceptions of characteristics related to attorney competency. Qualitative analyses further showed that the term…

  • Do Judicial Instructions Aid in Distinguishing Between Reliable and Unreliable Jailhouse Informants

    Open AccessStacy A Wetmore, Jeffrey S Neuschatz et al.ARTICLECriminal Justice and Behavior2020

    Jailhouse informants are a leading cause of wrongful convictions. In an attempt to preempt such miscarriages of justice, several states (e.g., Connecticut and California) have mandated that judicial instructions be provided to act as a safeguard against false testimony. This study evaluated the effectiveness of these instructions in helping jurors distinguish between reliable and unreliable jailhouse informants. Participants read a trial transcri…

  • The Impact of Threat Type and Prior Abuse History on Perceptions of Intimate Partner Sexual Coercion

    Open AccessBaylee D Jenkins, Alexis M Le Grand et al.ARTICLEViolence Against Women2020Cited by: 1References: 15

    Intimate partner sexual victimization often involves perpetrators using threats to coerce victims into sexual activity. However, little research has investigated perceptions of this coercion. We presented 99 community members with intimate partner sexual coercion vignettes that varied abuse history (between-participants) and type of threat used to coerce the victim into sex (within-participants; that is, physical assault, financial, children take…

  • She Is his Girlfriend—I Believe this Is a Different Situation”: Gender Differences in Perceptions of the Legality of Intimate Partner Rape

    Open AccessKellie R Lynch, Jonathan M Golding et al.ARTICLEJournal of Family Violence2018Cited by: 1References: 10

  • Associations Between Sexual Behavior Norm Beliefs in Relationships and Intimate Partner Rape Judgments

    Open AccessKellie R Lynch, Jenna A Jewell et al.ARTICLEViolence Against Women2016Cited by: 1References: 17

    Using a community sample ( n = 296), we investigated the associations between sexual behavior norm beliefs, acceptance of partner rape, judgments that non-consensual partner sex is "wrong not rape," and decisions if non-consensual partner sex should be charged as rape. Sexual behavior norm beliefs were associated both directly and indirectly with latter components in the model related to acceptance of non-consensual partner sex judgments and char…

  • Mock Juror Gender Biases and Perceptions of Self-Defense Claims in Intimate Partner Homicide

    Open AccessEmily C Hodell, Nesa E Wasarhaley et al.ARTICLEJournal of Family Violence2014Cited by: 5References: 7

  • Factors impacting juror perceptions of battered women who kill their abusers: Delay and sleeping status

    Emily C Hodell, Emily E Dunlap et al.ARTICLEPsychology Public Policy and Law2011References: 5

    Community members (N 187) rendered judgments about a case of a battered woman who killed her abuser allegedly in self-defense. The experiment was designed to isolate the effects of time delay before killing and the victim’s sleeping status, as prior research has confounded these two variables. Results showed that delay affected conviction rates only for women; men convicted at high rates regardless of delay, whereas women convicted at higher rate…

  • Mock Jurors’ Perception of Stalking: The Impact of Gender and Expressed Fear

    Open AccessEmily E Dunlap, Emily C Hodell et al.ARTICLESex Roles2011Cited by: 3References: 3

  • The Perception of Elder Sexual Abuse in the Courtroom

    Open AccessEmily C Hodell, Jonathan M Golding et al.ARTICLEViolence Against Women2009References: 2

    This study explored mock juror perceptions of elder sexual mistreatment (ESM). In Experiment 1, 118 participants read a fictional criminal trial summary of an ESM case in which a 76-year-old woman was allegedly abused by either her son or a neighbor. In Experiment 2 (n = 360), the ESM occurred in either a nursing home or the elder's home and the alleged perpetrator was either her son or a nursing home worker. Conviction rates were relatively low …

  • Directed Forgetting of a Single Item

    Lawrence R Gottlob, Jonathan M Golding et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of General Psychology2006

    In two experiments, we investigated directed forgetting of a single item. We presented participants with two phone numbers to remember and instructed half of the participants to forget the first phone number. The first number was either learned on a single trial (Experiment 1) or on three trials (Experiment 2). In Experiment 1, there was evidence of directed forgetting as a result of differential encoding; the forget instruction affected recall a…

  • The effect of hearsay witness age in a child sexual assault trial

    Jonathan M Golding, Mary C Alexander et al.ARTICLEPsychology Public Policy and Law1999