APS

30th APS Annual Convention · 2018

The Role of Psychopathic Personality Traits in Juror Decision Making: A Latent Profile Analysis

San Francisco, CA · May 2018

Poster · Personality/Emotion

  • Dominic Willmott
    University of Huddersfield
  • Daniel Boduszek
    University of Huddersfield
  • Agata Debowska
    University of Sheffield

Abstract

The study aimed to examine the effect of psychopathic personality traits upon juror decision making among 424 jury-eligible participants from the UK. In a series of rape trial simulations, high in ecological validity, latent profile analyses revealed psychopathic personality traits were significantly associated with verdict preferences among the community sample.

Forensic/Criminal Justice

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