The impact of illegal alibi activities, corroborator involvement and corroborator certainty on mock juror perceptions
dc.contributor.author | Allison, Meredith | |
dc.contributor.author | Jung, Sandy | |
dc.contributor.author | Sweeney, Laura | |
dc.contributor.author | Culhane, Scott | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-02-10 | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-05-27T01:15:06Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-05-27T01:15:06Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014 | |
dc.description.abstract | Undergraduate mock jurors (N= 360) received a mock police report and trial in which a suspect was accused of rape. The suspect offered one of three alibis: a sexually salacious and illegal alibi, a non-sexually salacious and illegal alibi, and a control condition. The corroborator either helped or observed him in his illegal alibi activities and was either 100 or 80% sure she was with him that night. Alibi salaciousness did not significantly affect alibi believability although it had a significant impact on views of the defendant's and corroborator's characters, corroborator believability, and verdict certainty. The non-sexually salacious alibi generally led to higher ratings on these measures in comparison with the control condition. Corroborator certainty had significant effects on perceptions of the corroborator. | |
dc.description.uri | https://library.macewan.ca/cgi-bin/SFX/url.pl/86D | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14078/516 | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.rights | All Rights Reserved | |
dc.subject | alibi believability | |
dc.subject | criminal defendants | |
dc.subject | jury decision-making | |
dc.title | The impact of illegal alibi activities, corroborator involvement and corroborator certainty on mock juror perceptions | en |
dc.type | Article | |
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