Big girls don’t cry: the effect of child witness demeanor on juror decisions in a child sexual abuse trial

Golding, Jonathan M.; Fryman, Heather M; Marsil, Dorothy F.; Yozwiak, John A.

doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2003.03.001

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“…Previous research has shown that women are more sympathetic to sexual abuse victims, and find them more credible, than men (e.g., Golding, Fryman, Marsil, & Yozwiak, 2003;Schmidt & Brigham, 1996). Findings related to participant gender and ratings of physical abuse are more mixed, with some research revealing an effect (Kean & Dukes, 1991) and some reporting no significant findings (Ashton, 2004).…”

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Child abuse in the eyes of the beholder: Lay perceptions of child sexual and physical abuse

Bornstein¹,

Kaplan²,

Perry³

2007

Child Abuse & Neglect

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Objective: The purpose was to explore the effects of victim and perpetrator gender, type of abuse, and victim-perpetrator relationship on university students' and non-students' perceptions of different kinds of child abuse. Method: One hundred and ninety-nine participants (including university students and non-student adults) evaluated each of 24 vignettes (within-subjects design) describing an abusive interaction between a child and an adult. The following four variables were manipulated: the victim's gender, the perpetrator's gender, the type of abuse (physical, relatively mild sexual, or relatively severe sexual), and the perpetrator's relationship to the victim (parent or babysitter). Participants rated each vignette on a number of dimensions: degree of trauma and severity, likelihood of general occurrence and reoccurrence, victim believability, and "repressibility" of the event.Results: Significant interactions emerged on each dimension. For example, sexual abuse (whether mild or severe) was rated as being more traumatic and severe if perpetrated by a parent, but relationship type did not affect perceptions of physical abuse. In addition, significant perpetrator gender by victim gender interactions indicated that homosexual abuse was perceived as more traumatic and repressible than heterosexual abuse, but as less likely to occur; and male participants tended to be more affected by the gender of the perpetrator and abuse type than female participants. Conclusion:The results suggest that people have stereotypes about the circumstances and consequences of child abuse. These stereotypes are often, though not always, consistent with existing empirical findings.

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Section: Participant Characteristicsmentioning

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Child abuse in the eyes of the beholder: Lay perceptions of child sexual and physical abuse

Bornstein¹,

Kaplan²,

Perry³

2007

Child Abuse & Neglect

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“…In a similar study, Golding et al (2003) asked participants to read a criminal trial summary of sexual assault on a 6-or 15-year-old victim. The victim was described as calm, teary-eyed, or hysterically crying.…”

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Where There's Smoke, There's Fire: the Effect of Truncated Testimony on Juror Decision‐making

Anderson

Gross

Sonne

et al. 2016

Behavioral Sci & The Law

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Many countries around the world have modified their legislation to allow child complainants of abuse to present their evidence-in-chief via pre-recorded videotape, or through closedcircuit-television (CCTV), rather than through live testimony, which has been shown to be stressful for children. With this modification, many countries also allow for childrens' videotaped evidence to be truncated for relevance or admissibility purposes. In the two experiments, we examined whether truncating testimony influenced how mock jurors rated the credibility of a 6-year-old child complainant when her testimony contained the primary core allegation only, or when the testimony was presented with either one or two additionalbut less plausible-allegations. We also examined how mock jurors rated the guilt or innocence of the defendant. Contrary to what we predicted, we found that participants believed the child's core allegation, regardless of whether or not it was presented with additional less plausible allegations. Moreover, jurors who read the transcripts containing multiple allegations of abuse were more likely to find the defendant guilty of the core allegation than were jurors who read the core allegation only. These findings suggest that the truncation of testimony may affect the outcome of a trial; however, more research is needed on the effects of truncated testimony on juror decision-making as we continue to try to make the criminal justice system as fair as possible for all of those involved.iii

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“…Numa situação real de testemunho de uma vítima, ela pode demonstrar diferentes comportamentos. Num júri simulado de ASI, autores encontraram que a percepção dos jurados sobre a vítima pode modifi car a TD: se a vítima está chorosa, com expressões faciais e entonação da voz demonstrando estar chateada, o júri tende a considerar uma maior probabilidade de ocorrência do crime (Golding, Fryman, Marsil, & Yozwiak, 2003). Isso implica em maiores vereditos de culpado ao réu quando a vítima está apresentando maior sofrimento (Regan & Baker, 1998).…”

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“…Além disso, a condição de "choro" da vítima, em oposição a apresentar-se calmo ou chorar histericamente, infl uenciou os jurados a darem mais vereditos de culpa ao réu. De acordo com Regan e Baker (1998), jurados consideram como esperado um comportamento de chorar da vítima de ASI, mas há um nível ótimo desse comportamento para que ele ganhe credibilidade (Golding et al, 2003).…”

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Tomada de decisão de psicólogos em situações de suspeita de abuso sexual

Pelisoli

Dell’Aglio

2016

Temas Psicol.

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ResumoA tomada de decisão (TD) em situações de suspeita abuso sexual é uma tarefa complexa que envolve diferentes fontes de informação bem como infl uências subjetivas e não evidentes. A decisão tomada pelo profi ssional pode produzir consequências relevantes para as pessoas envolvidas. Um survey online com 95 psicólogos foi conduzido e avaliou a TD em um caso fi ctício de suspeita de abuso sexual e suas relações com variáveis cognitivas, sociodemográfi cas e profi ssionais. Além disso, a infl uência de características representativas de casos de abuso sexual na TD pelos profi ssionais foi avaliada a partir da Escala de Tomada de Decisão em Abuso Sexual Infantil -ETD ASI, desenvolvida para este estudo. Os resultados indicaram que os profi ssionais têm diferentes opiniões sobre o caso, ainda que expostos às mesmas informações. Idade, gênero, tempo de formação e tempo de prática não apresentaram correlação com a tomada de decisão. Entretanto, características representativas de abuso sexual tiveram relações signifi cativas com a probabilidade avaliada do caso. Este resultado signifi ca que a probabilidade de considerar o abuso sexual como verdadeiro é mais alta quanto mais características representativas possui o caso. A TD nessas situações, apesar de ser conduzida por profi ssionais todos os dias, é ainda desconhecida e merece futuras investigações. Palavras-chave:Abuso sexual contra crianças e adolescentes, tomada de decisão, Psicologia Forense, Avaliação Psicológica. Decision-Making of Psychologists in Suspected SexualAbuse Situations AbstractDecision making in sexual abuse situation is a complex task involving different sources of information as well as non-obvious or subjective infl uences. The decision made by a professional can produce relevant consequences for the people involved. An online survey with 95 Brazilian bachelors in Psychology was conducted and it evaluated the decision-making in a fi ctitious case of sexual abuse and its relations with cognitive, sociodemographic and professional variables. In addition, the infl uence of the presence of representative characteristics of cases of sexual abuse in decision-making by professionals was evaluated from the Decision Making Scale in Child Sexual Abuse, an instrument developed for this study. The results indicated that the professionals have different opinions about the case, even if exposed 1 Endereço para correspondência: Rua Ramiro Barcelos, 2600/ sala 115, Santana, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil 90035-003.

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Big girls don’t cry: the effect of child witness demeanor on juror decisions in a child sexual abuse trial

Cited by 84 publications

References 9 publications

Child abuse in the eyes of the beholder: Lay perceptions of child sexual and physical abuse

Child abuse in the eyes of the beholder: Lay perceptions of child sexual and physical abuse

Where There's Smoke, There's Fire: the Effect of Truncated Testimony on Juror Decision‐making

Tomada de decisão de psicólogos em situações de suspeita de abuso sexual

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