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The impact of illegal alibi activities, corroborator involvement and corroborator certainty on mock juror perceptions

dc.contributor.authorAllison, Meredith
dc.contributor.authorJung, Sandy
dc.contributor.authorSweeney, Laura
dc.contributor.authorCulhane, Scott
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-10
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-27T01:15:06Z
dc.date.available2022-05-27T01:15:06Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractUndergraduate 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.urihttps://library.macewan.ca/cgi-bin/SFX/url.pl/86D
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14078/516
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAll Rights Reserved
dc.subjectalibi believability
dc.subjectcriminal defendants
dc.subjectjury decision-making
dc.titleThe impact of illegal alibi activities, corroborator involvement and corroborator certainty on mock juror perceptionsen
dc.typeArticle
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