Effects of Withheld Evidence on Juridic Decisions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13677771 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David R Shaffer (0000-0002-3040-7499, University of Georgia, corresponding author), Cyril J Sadowski (Austin Peay State University), Cyril Sadowski (Austin Peay University), Clyde Hendrick (University of Miami) |
| Year | 1978 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 3_suppl |
| Pages | 1235-1242 |
| Publication date | 1978-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychological Reports (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2466/pr0.1978.42.3c.1235 |
| OpenAlex | W2024684190 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 8 |
The present experiment tested the hypotheses that a criminal defendant will be judged more likely guilty, more deserving of conviction, and more undesirable or unattractive as his intent to withhold evidence becomes increasingly obvious. Subject-jurors (60 male and 60 female students) read a trial transcript in which a male defendant responded to the prosecutor's questioning in one of four ways, thus providing a graded manipulation of evidence withholding. Subjects' judgments of the defendant and his probable involvement in the crime confirmed the hypotheses
Conviction · Criminal Conviction · Criminology · Political science · Subject (documents · Deception detection and forensic psychology · Jury Decision Making Processes · Law · Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.05 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1982 - 1988 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |