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Admissibility of Prior Sexual History Evidence: Examining Its Impact on Mock‐Jurors’ Judgments When Gender and Race Are Considered

open access: yesBehavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rape shield laws restrict the admission of prior sexual history evidence (PSHE) in sexual assault trials in various countries, including Canada and the U.S. Despite such laws, admission of PSHE is often at the discretion of a trial judge. The current study examined the effect of PSHE (present, absent), victim and defendant gender (male, female)
Bailey M. Fraser   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Decoding Disbelief: Using Natural Language Processing's Sentiment Analysis to Assess 24 Years of Unfounded Rape Reports Narratives

open access: yesBehavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rape myths, including the belief that victims frequently lie, contribute to barriers in justice, such as the disproportionate use of the “unfounded” classification—where, following an investigation, it is determined no crime occurred. This study analyzes rape report narratives tied to previously untested sexual assault kits (N = 5638) from a ...
Rachel E. Lovell   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Human Experts and AI Models in Offender Risk Assessment: A Comparative Pilot Study Using the HCR‐20V3

open access: yesBehavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This pilot study compares offender risk assessments conducted by human experts and advanced large language models (LLMs) within the HCR‐20V3 framework. Both groups evaluated a series of synthetic forensic case vignettes designed to simulate realistic clinical conditions. Quantitative results indicate that AI models consistently assigned higher
Shai Farber
wiley   +1 more source

Sex Work and Sexual Victimization: A Comparative Study of Students’ and Police Officers’ Perceptions of Sex‐Working Rape Victims

open access: yesBehavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Attitudes toward sexual violence and victim‐blaming are culturally dependent and should be examined within specific social and legal contexts. The present study sought to compare Israeli police officers' (N = 220) and students' (N = 230) perceptions toward sex working rape victims. Participants were presented with a vignette describing a rape,
Liza Zvi, Mally Shechory Bitton
wiley   +1 more source

Overview of Abnormal Psychology [PDF]

open access: green, 2020
Gowthami Bainaboina
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