APS
29th APS Annual Convention · 2017
Criminal Motives and Perception of Defendants
- Hannah Caposela
Bergen Community College - Juan Segovia
The College of New Jersey - Cassidy Zhang
Columbia University - Donna Crawley
Ramapo College of New Jersey
Abstract
Two studies served to validate the Perception of Criminal Defendants Scale (PCDS) as an effective measure for criminal justice research by investigating the impact of motive on perceptions of violent and white collar defendants. Results validated the PCDS in measuring participants’ perceptions of defendants by crime type and motive.
Forensic
