Combatting Rape Myth Acceptance in United States' Criminal Justice System with Behavioral Economics

IF 0.9 Q3 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice Pub Date : 2023-05-31 DOI:10.47611/jsrhs.v12i2.4357

Naina Giri

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Abstract

Using behavioral economics, this paper aims to analyze how rape myth acceptance presents itself in the form of numerous heuristics and biases throughout various stages of the United States’ criminal justice process that a sexual assault case must progress through. Due to the availability heuristic, inaccurate representation of sexual assault in the media promotes rape myth acceptance (RMA) among the general public, including potential jurors and law enforcement officers. Resultantly, police officers’ decision-making processes while investigating sexual assault reports implicitly discriminate female victims as officers struggle with the downstream orientation phenomenon.. In the trial stage, jurors utilize the representativeness heuristic to process complex case information by comparing the rape victim to a mental prototype shaped by rape myths. This hinders the jurors’ human information processing capabilities. Solutions to rape myth acceptance in the United States’ criminal justice system will be described in order to battle the high attrition rate of sexual assault cases.

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用行为经济学打击美国刑事司法系统对强奸神话的接受

运用行为经济学，本文旨在分析强奸神话是如何在性侵犯案件必须经过的美国刑事司法程序的各个阶段以各种启发式和偏见的形式呈现出来的。由于可得性启发，媒体对性侵犯的不准确描述促进了公众对强奸神话的接受(RMA)，包括潜在的陪审员和执法人员。结果，警察在调查性侵犯报告时的决策过程中隐含地歧视女性受害者，因为警察在与下游取向现象作斗争。在审判阶段，陪审员通过将强奸受害者与强奸神话塑造的心理原型进行比较，利用代表性启发式来处理复杂的案件信息。这阻碍了陪审员的人力信息处理能力。为了对抗性侵犯案件的高流失率，本文将描述美国刑事司法系统对强奸神话接受度的解决方案。

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Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-

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2.40

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9.10%

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