Margaret C Stevenson
Biographic Data
| ID | 4126645 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Margaret C Stevenson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Margaret C |
| FAMILY NAME | Stevenson |
| SIGNATURE | STEVENSON M C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Kenyon College |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3242-6677 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1942 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Effects of medicalization on case outcomes in transgender employment discrimination court decisions
Some attorneys and legal scholars argue that medicalizing transgender plaintiffs (i.e., introducing plaintiff diagnoses and/or medical procedures) in discrimination cases will enhance favorable plaintiff outcomes. Research and theory linking biological essentialism (i.e., believing social groups reflect biologically‐rooted, stable categories) to prejudice, however, suggests that medicalizing transgender plaintiffs might not help them win cases an…
Impact of Care-Recipient Health Conditions on Employed Caregiver Well-Being: Measure Development and Validation
Purpose: The research was designed to help our understanding of the relationship between care-recipient health and caregiver well-being. Design: To achieve this goal, we followed the measurement development steps outlined by Hinkin. We began by identifying 18 care-recipient health conditions that encapsulated the breath of caregiver duties pertaining to specific recipient health conditions. Methods: Using a sample of n = 1696 employed caregivers,…
An attribution theory–based content analysis of mock jurors’ deliberations regarding coerced confessions
OBJECTIVE: Because confessions are sometimes unreliable, it is important to understand how jurors evaluate confession evidence. We conducted a content analysis testing an attribution theory model for mock jurors' discussion of coerced confession evidence in determining verdicts. HYPOTHESES: We tested exploratory hypotheses regarding mock jurors' discussion of attributions and elements of the confession. We expected that jurors' prodefense stateme…
A call to dismantle systemic racism in criminal legal systems
OBJECTIVES: n (APA) passed a resolution addressing ways psychologists could work to dismantle systemic racism in criminal legal systems. In the present report, developed to inform APA's policy resolution, we detail the scope of the problem and offer recommendations for policy makers and psychologists to address the issue by advancing related science and practice. Specifically, we acknowledge the roots of modern-day racial and ethnic disparities i…
Teachers’ and Administrators’ Perceptions of Police-to-Student Encounters: The Impact of Student Race, Police Legitimacy, and Legal Authoritarianism
The present study reflects an exploration of student race and attitudes toward the legal system as predictors of teachers’ and administrators’ support for police-to-student physical intervention. We experimentally manipulated student race (Black vs. White) in a hypothetical scenario depicting physical police intervention stemming from a student’s misbehavior. Teachers and administrators were significantly more punitive (i.e., requested juvenile d…
Child victim empathy mediates the influence of jurors’ sexual abuse experiences on child sexual abuse case judgments: Meta-analyses
Using meta-analyses, we examined the effect of mock jurors’ own sexual abuse experiences (i.e., whether they were victimized sexually as a child or adult or knew other victims) on child sexual abuse case judgments from 9 separate studies. We also examined the relation of abuse experience to jurors’ child victim empathy, testing our theory that empathy would mediate (explain) the influence of abuse experience on case judgments. Participants were 2…
Adolescent sex offender registration policy: Perspectives on general deterrence potential from criminology and developmental psychology
Sex offender registration policies have expanded rapidly, now extending to adolescent offenders across the nation. Policies mandating registration are based, in part, on arguments that registration is needed to prevent dangerous sex offenders from committing additional offenses and that risk of registration deters would-be offenders from offending in the first place. Research suggests that registration does not serve the former specific deterrent…
The influence of a juvenile’s abuse history on support for sex offender registration
We investigated whether and how a juvenile's history of experiencing sexual abuse affects public perceptions of juvenile sex offenders in a series of 5 studies. When asked about juvenile sex offenders in an abstract manner (Studies 1 and 2), the more participants (community members and undergraduates) believed that a history of being sexually abused as a child causes later sexually abusive behavior, the less likely they were to support sex offend…
Jurors’ discussions of a defendant’s history of child abuse and alcohol abuse in capital sentencing deliberations
We tested a novel theoretical model explaining the psychological processes underlying jurors’ discussions about a defendant’s history of child abuse and alcohol abuse in a capital case. We coded the extent to which jurors used child abuse and alcohol abuse as mitigating factors, as aggravating factors, or argued that they should be ignored. Relying on attribution theory, we coded the extent to which jurors rendered controllable or uncontrollable …
On Validating Tests for Educational and Vocational Selection
Jurors’ discussions of a defendant’s history of child abuse and alcohol abuse in capital sentencing deliberations
We tested a novel theoretical model explaining the psychological processes underlying jurors’ discussions about a defendant’s history of child abuse and alcohol abuse in a capital case. We coded the extent to which jurors used child abuse and alcohol abuse as mitigating factors, as aggravating factors, or argued that they should be ignored. Relying on attribution theory, we coded the extent to which jurors rendered controllable or uncontrollable …
Adolescent sex offender registration policy: Perspectives on general deterrence potential from criminology and developmental psychology
Sex offender registration policies have expanded rapidly, now extending to adolescent offenders across the nation. Policies mandating registration are based, in part, on arguments that registration is needed to prevent dangerous sex offenders from committing additional offenses and that risk of registration deters would-be offenders from offending in the first place. Research suggests that registration does not serve the former specific deterrent…
Child victim empathy mediates the influence of jurors’ sexual abuse experiences on child sexual abuse case judgments: Meta-analyses
Using meta-analyses, we examined the effect of mock jurors’ own sexual abuse experiences (i.e., whether they were victimized sexually as a child or adult or knew other victims) on child sexual abuse case judgments from 9 separate studies. We also examined the relation of abuse experience to jurors’ child victim empathy, testing our theory that empathy would mediate (explain) the influence of abuse experience on case judgments. Participants were 2…
On Validating Tests for Educational and Vocational Selection
Jurors’ discussions of a defendant’s history of child abuse and alcohol abuse in capital sentencing deliberations
We tested a novel theoretical model explaining the psychological processes underlying jurors’ discussions about a defendant’s history of child abuse and alcohol abuse in a capital case. We coded the extent to which jurors used child abuse and alcohol abuse as mitigating factors, as aggravating factors, or argued that they should be ignored. Relying on attribution theory, we coded the extent to which jurors rendered controllable or uncontrollable …
The influence of a juvenile’s abuse history on support for sex offender registration
We investigated whether and how a juvenile's history of experiencing sexual abuse affects public perceptions of juvenile sex offenders in a series of 5 studies. When asked about juvenile sex offenders in an abstract manner (Studies 1 and 2), the more participants (community members and undergraduates) believed that a history of being sexually abused as a child causes later sexually abusive behavior, the less likely they were to support sex offend…
Adolescent sex offender registration policy: Perspectives on general deterrence potential from criminology and developmental psychology
Sex offender registration policies have expanded rapidly, now extending to adolescent offenders across the nation. Policies mandating registration are based, in part, on arguments that registration is needed to prevent dangerous sex offenders from committing additional offenses and that risk of registration deters would-be offenders from offending in the first place. Research suggests that registration does not serve the former specific deterrent…
Child victim empathy mediates the influence of jurors’ sexual abuse experiences on child sexual abuse case judgments: Meta-analyses
Using meta-analyses, we examined the effect of mock jurors’ own sexual abuse experiences (i.e., whether they were victimized sexually as a child or adult or knew other victims) on child sexual abuse case judgments from 9 separate studies. We also examined the relation of abuse experience to jurors’ child victim empathy, testing our theory that empathy would mediate (explain) the influence of abuse experience on case judgments. Participants were 2…
A call to dismantle systemic racism in criminal legal systems
OBJECTIVES: n (APA) passed a resolution addressing ways psychologists could work to dismantle systemic racism in criminal legal systems. In the present report, developed to inform APA's policy resolution, we detail the scope of the problem and offer recommendations for policy makers and psychologists to address the issue by advancing related science and practice. Specifically, we acknowledge the roots of modern-day racial and ethnic disparities i…
Teachers’ and Administrators’ Perceptions of Police-to-Student Encounters: The Impact of Student Race, Police Legitimacy, and Legal Authoritarianism
The present study reflects an exploration of student race and attitudes toward the legal system as predictors of teachers’ and administrators’ support for police-to-student physical intervention. We experimentally manipulated student race (Black vs. White) in a hypothetical scenario depicting physical police intervention stemming from a student’s misbehavior. Teachers and administrators were significantly more punitive (i.e., requested juvenile d…
An attribution theory–based content analysis of mock jurors’ deliberations regarding coerced confessions
OBJECTIVE: Because confessions are sometimes unreliable, it is important to understand how jurors evaluate confession evidence. We conducted a content analysis testing an attribution theory model for mock jurors' discussion of coerced confession evidence in determining verdicts. HYPOTHESES: We tested exploratory hypotheses regarding mock jurors' discussion of attributions and elements of the confession. We expected that jurors' prodefense stateme…
Effects of medicalization on case outcomes in transgender employment discrimination court decisions
Some attorneys and legal scholars argue that medicalizing transgender plaintiffs (i.e., introducing plaintiff diagnoses and/or medical procedures) in discrimination cases will enhance favorable plaintiff outcomes. Research and theory linking biological essentialism (i.e., believing social groups reflect biologically‐rooted, stable categories) to prejudice, however, suggests that medicalizing transgender plaintiffs might not help them win cases an…
Impact of Care-Recipient Health Conditions on Employed Caregiver Well-Being: Measure Development and Validation
Purpose: The research was designed to help our understanding of the relationship between care-recipient health and caregiver well-being. Design: To achieve this goal, we followed the measurement development steps outlined by Hinkin. We began by identifying 18 care-recipient health conditions that encapsulated the breath of caregiver duties pertaining to specific recipient health conditions. Methods: Using a sample of n = 1696 employed caregivers,…
Psychology (10 works) · Criminology (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Psychiatry (4 works) · Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending (4 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (3 works) · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies (3 works)