Battered Women Who Kill
The Impact of Expert Testimony and Empathy Induction in the Courtroom
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12435667 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Karyn M Plumm (University of North Dakota, corresponding author), Cheryl Terrance (University of North Dakota), Cheryl A Terrance (University of North Dakota) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 186-205 |
| Publication date | 2008-12-15 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Violence Against Women (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1077-8012 • E-ISSN: 1552-8448 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1077801208329145 |
| PMID | 19126834 |
| OpenAlex | W2109843255 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 27 |
Mock jurors (N = 312) viewed a simulated trial involving a woman, charged with the murder of her abusive husband, entering a plea of not guilty by reason of self-defense. Expert testimony was varied using battered woman syndrome, social agency framework, or no expert testimony. Within expert testimony conditions, jurors were presented with opening and closing statements either including or not including instructions aimed at inducing empathy. Results indicate differences in gender and expert testimony for ratings of guilt as well as differences in gender, expert testimony, and empathy induction for perceptions of the defendant
Agency (philosophy · Closing (real estate · Criminology · Empathy · Injury prevention · Medical emergency · Occupational safety and health · Plea · Poison control · Political science · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Law · Medicine · Psychology · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies · Social Psychology
Do they matter? A meta-analytic investigation of individual characteristics and guilt judgments
Social Science Perspectives on Wife Abuse
Profiling Women Prisoners
The Cycle of Violence and Abuse in Women Who Kill an Intimate Male Partner
Empathy, Social Dominance Orientation, Mortality Salience, and Perceptions of a Criminal Defendant
Abuse history and culpability judgments
Expert Testimony of the Battered Person Syndrome, Defendant Gender, and Sexual Orientation in a Case of Duress
Assessing Young Adults’ Internal Feelings Related to Refusing Sexual Behavior
Examining the Effect of a Randomized Media Intervention on Knowledge and Support of Abortion Restrictions
Perceptions of Bias-Motivated Assault Against Bisexual Individuals
Allies Already Poised to Comply
Moralizing the law
Trailblazers and Those That Followed
Battered Women and Feminist Lawmaking
Battered women as survivors
The ecological validity of jury simulations
Legal Images of Battered Women
The Intuitive Psychologist And His Shortcomings
The Battered Woman Syndrome
Undermining Reasonableness
When battered women kill
Information function of empathic emotion
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
Measurement of empathy toward rape victims and rapists
The distinction between sympathy and empathy
Crime, Punishment, and Stake in Conformity
| Citations per year | 0.35 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1989 - 2022 (34) |
| Highly cited | No |