‘I know how they must feel’: Empathy and judging defendants

IF 7.6 1区 社会学 Q1 LAW
Jane L Wood, Mark James, Caoilte Ó Ciardha
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Abstract

The current study investigated the effects of state and trait empathy in legal judgments and tested the relationship between trait and state emotion in one hundred and fifty eight students aged 18–59. Assessments were taken of participants’ trait empathy and then state empathy was induced in half the sample. Following this all participants read a trial transcript and made judgments regarding: the verdict decision; the defendant's responsibility for the offense; what would be an appropriate punishment; the likelihood that the offender would offend in the future; and whether the defendant felt remorse for committing the offense. Findings showed that both trait and state empathy predicted attributions of offender remorse. State empathy also predicted judgments of offender responsibility and agreement with verdict decisions in a lenient direction. Findings also showed that state and trait empathy did not interact. The results indicate that trait and state empathy work independently to influence legal judgments and that inducing empathy in decision-makers can impact on trial outcomes above and beyond the facts of the case.

“我知道他们的感受”:同理心和判断被告
本研究调查了状态和特质移情在法律判决中的影响,并在158名18-59岁的学生中测试了特质和状态情绪之间的关系。对参与者的特质移情进行评估,然后在一半的样本中诱导状态移情。之后,所有参与者阅读了审判记录,并就以下内容做出了判断:判决决定;被告对犯罪的责任;什么是适当的惩罚;罪犯将来犯罪的可能性;以及被告是否对犯罪行为感到懊悔。研究结果表明,特质移情和状态移情都能预测罪犯自责的归因。国家同理心也预测了对罪犯责任的判断,并在宽大的方向上与判决决定达成一致。研究结果还表明,状态和特质移情没有相互作用。结果表明,特质和状态移情独立影响法律判决,而在决策者中诱导移情可以影响案件事实之外的审判结果。
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CiteScore
14.60
自引率
9.50%
发文量
10
审稿时长
12 weeks
期刊介绍: The European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context, the official journal of the Sociedad Española de Psicología Jurídica y Forense [Spanish Society of Forensic Psychology] and the Asociación Iberoamericana de Justicia Terapéutica [Latin-American Association of Therapeutic Jurisprudence], publishes empirical articles and meta-analytic reviews of topics dealing with psychology and law (e.g., legal decision making, eyewitness). The journal is aimed at researchers, academics and professionals in Psychology, Law, Social Work, Forensic Sciences, Educators and, in general, people related with Social Sciences and the Law.
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