APS
31st APS Annual Convention · 2019
Victim Impact Statements in Capital Trials: The Impact of Defendant and Victim Cultural Worldviews.
- Emily Hargrove
The University of North Carolina at Wilmington - Rachel Kantor
University of North Carolina Wilmington - Krista Lutz
The University of North Carolina at Wilmington - Brianna Beeman
The University of North Carolina at Wilmington - Christine Macellaro
The University of North Carolina at Wilmington - Abigail Grise
The University of North Carolina at Wilmington - Brittany Chase
The University of North Carolina at Wilmington - Bryan Myers
The University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Abstract
College undergraduates read penalty phase transcripts that varied the presence or absence of a victim impact statement and varied the cultural worldviews of both the victim and the defendant. Defendant, but not victim worldview, correlated with fear ratings, but neither worldview factors significant predicted sentencing judgments.
Forensic/Criminal Justice
