Understanding the Relationship Between Public Opinion and Experience With the Criminal Justice System

Leclerc, Chloé; Niang, Anta; Duval, Marie-Chloé

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“…This type of testimony is often called on in France, both in literature (Alphonse Daudet described the reaction of the mother when faced with the conversion of her daughter in The Evangelist ) and in the testimony of several parents of jihadists. Decision-making by participants may therefore be based more on naïve interpretations of “bad influences”, which may be reinforced by representations of the crime published in the media (Voumvakis and Ericson, 1984; Leclerc et al , 2018) but also by the “dissemination of scientific ideas to the general public” (Laurens, 2014). In fact, several studies on manipulation, persuasion, or commitment (Freedman and Frazer, 1966; Kiesler, 1971; Laswell, 1948; Handelman, 2009) have led to the publication of a number of works aimed at a broader public that assert the existence of effective manipulation techniques that one would only need learn and apply to obtain what one wants from others (such as Yes!…”

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“He was brainwashed!” Criminal complicity and sentencing in France: interpreting a “crime committed under influence”

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Purpose This paper aims to examine whether being shown a testimony alleging that the perpetrator of a crime was influenced by an accomplice has an impact on the severity of the sentence given to this accomplice. Design/methodology/approach A total of 119 participants read the summary of a case of armed robbery. Two experimental conditions were adopted: the presence of a testimony suggesting the accomplice’s influence on the perpetrator in committing the crime (versus no testimony). The participants were then asked what sentence they would give the accomplice and what sentence they would have given the perpetrator of the crime, who had in fact already been sentenced. The participants rated items relating to the explanation for the crime (perception that the perpetrator had been manipulated by the presumed accomplice) and to the presumed accomplice’s intent to commit the crime. Findings The participants showed themselves to be harsher towards the presumed accomplice when they were shown the testimony about his influence, which reduced the disparity with the sentence they would have given to the perpetrator of the crime. Analyses of mediation show that the participants shown the testimony (as opposed to those who were not) were more likely to say that the presumed accomplice manipulated the perpetrator of the crime, leading them to be more likely to attribute to the accomplice the intent to commit the crime and to be harsher towards him. Originality/value The results of this research are discussed with a focus on naïve interpretations of influence in the very specific context of legal adjudication.

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“…These perceptions are thus challenged when individuals attend a trial. For example, Leclerc et al (2018) show in a study conducted on 200 French-speaking Canadians that the feeling of dissatisfaction that individuals have towards legal decisions disappears in a majority of individuals when they are faced with the practical reality of the judicial decision.…”

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The bias in judgement: when “naïve” knowledge challenges expert knowledge in criminal trials

Abdellaoui

Niang

2022

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to offer a discussion on the socio-cognitive biases involved during a criminal trial, in accordance with the literature in this field. Design/methodology/approach Whether it is the biases of representation, availability or anchoring (Fariña et al., 2003), they have been widely studied in social psychology and constitute a relevant angle of analysis in the judicial context. Findings This paper outlines the issues related to the reality of the judicial decision, the psychological dilemmas that arise from it, as well as the normative pressures underlying the need to rationalize the decision. Finally, the status of psycho-legal expertise and the importance given to it is also discussed with regard to these issues. Practical implications This paper may help provide the diverse socio-judicial actors with some elements for questioning the psychological mechanisms that may intervene in the decision-making and therefore create a sense of conscientization necessary to optimize the quality of decision-making. Originality/value This paper may help provide the diverse socio-judicial actors with some elements for questioning the psychological mechanisms that may intervene in the decision-making and therefore create a sense of conscientization necessary to optimize the quality of decision-making.

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“…2008. 6 Опросник разрабатывался нами самостоятельно с учетом цели нашего исследования, в него вошли 12 вопросов, которые можно классифицировать по форме и содержанию: вопросы с множественным выбором о факторах справедливости в деятельности по назначению наказания; вопросы с открытым ответом о факторах, характеризующих личность; вопросы с одним ответом, которые направлены на измерение общественной реакции на назначаемое наказание по конкретным уголовным делам; а также вопросы о личности респондентов.…”

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Sociology of Criminal Law: Methods of Studying Public Opinion and their Interpretation in Criminal Law Research

Voronin

2023

Вестник Университета имени О.Е. Кутафина (МГЮА)

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The article presents a special methodology of the sociology of criminal law aimed at establishing the parameters of public perception of the justice of punishments imposed by courts. It is generally believed that we are facing a crisis of excessive criminalization: our criminal law has become chaotic, unprincipled and overly expansive, while attempts to make criminal law orderly, principled and restrained are being made in almost every criminal law study, but the significance of these attempts for lawmaking today is negligible. The traditional direction of criminal policy research rests on the absence of a concept of reforming the criminal law; the latest theoretical models of such concepts were also not in demand by the legislator. It can be concluded that the main concept of modern state policy is precisely the absence of such a concept. The study of public knowledge showed that the public knows little about crime, as well as about the system of responding to it, including statistics: crime rate, recidivism rate and average sentences.

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Understanding the Relationship Between Public Opinion and Experience With the Criminal Justice System

Cited by 7 publications

References 28 publications

“He was brainwashed!” Criminal complicity and sentencing in France: interpreting a “crime committed under influence”

“He was brainwashed!” Criminal complicity and sentencing in France: interpreting a “crime committed under influence”

The bias in judgement: when “naïve” knowledge challenges expert knowledge in criminal trials

Sociology of Criminal Law: Methods of Studying Public Opinion and their Interpretation in Criminal Law Research

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