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The Attraction-Leniency Effect in Jury Research: An Examination of External Validity |
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| Authors: | Wayne Weiten |
| Institution: | College of DuPage and University of Illinois at Chicago Circle |
| Abstract: | The external validity of the attraction-leniency effect observed repeatedly in jury research was examined by adding two small elements of juridicial realism to the usual paradigm modeled after Landy and Aronson (1969). An attraction-leniency effect was not found when judge's instructions regarding the criteria of guilt were provided, and subjects assessed probable guilt rather than appropriate sentence. |
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