Title:
Life or death?: mitigating evidence, race, and political beliefs in juror decision-making
Author:
Maggie McGuire
Thesis Advisor:
Emalee J. Quickel
Committee Member:
Jason M. Prenoveau
Committee Member:
Marianna E. Carlucci
Committee Member:
Frank D. Golom
Committee Member:
Stephen E. Fowl
Degree Granting Institution:
Loyola University Maryland--College of Arts and Sciences
Place:
Baltimore (Md.)
Publisher:
Loyola Univeristy Maryland
Date Created:
2022
Type of Resource:
text
Genre:
thesis
Language:
eng
Format:
application/pdf
Physical Form:
electronic
Digital Source:
born digital
Abstract:
During the penalty phase of capital trials, jurors are asked to examine mitigating and aggravating factors in order to determine an appropriate sentence. The purpose of the current study was to examine how different types of mitigating evidence (i.e., psychological, psychosocial, neuropsychological) influence mock juror’s sentencing decisions when extralegal factors are considered, including defendant race, juror race, and juror political ideology. A death-qualified, jury eligible community sample read a case vignette, rendered a sentence, and responded to questions regarding their beliefs about the criminal justice system. Results indicated that participant sentencing decisions were not statistically different regardless of mitigating evidence condition, defendant race, juror race, or juror political ideology. These findings, as well as limitations of the study and implications for future research, are further discussed.
Subject:
Race
Subject:
Decision making
Subject:
Electronic dissertations
Subject:
Academic theses
Degree:
Doctor of Clinical Psychology
Level:
Doctor
Discipline:
Psychology
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Identifier:
McGuireM-22
