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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

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

BIRDS: STRANGE & NOT SO STRANGE

open access: yesThe American Biology Teacher, 2005
openaire   +1 more source

Large Language Model (LLM) and Human Performance in Child Investigative Interviewing Question Formulation Tasks

open access: yesBehavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We compared the performance of large language models (LLMs) and humans with various levels of expertise in child investigative interviewing on tasks related to question formulation. Two tasks were employed: a static Interview Excerpt Task where participants (60 psychologists, 60 naive participants, GPT‐4, and Llama‐2) formulated follow‐up ...
Liisa Järvilehto   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Stranger Rape or Impromptu Consensual Sex? Investigating Mock Juror Decision‐Making in a Genuine Contested Rape Trial

open access: yesBehavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to better understand juror decision‐making in a less typical rape trial scenario where even prior acquaintance is disputed. Adopting an improved mock trial paradigm including a video‐recorded recreation of a genuine rape allegation and jury‐group deliberation, 156 jury‐eligible participants took part in 1 of 13 ...
Dominic Willmott, Rosie Woodhams
wiley   +1 more source

Public Perceptions of Marital Rape: Does Level of Force Used Have an Impact?

open access: yesBehavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Research indicates that marital rape is viewed by the public as less harmful to a victim than stranger/acquaintance rape. The aim of the study is to extend the research conducted by Robinson in 2017, investigating how levels of force influence perceptions of marital rape.
Leanne Hanney, Amy Shelford, Andy Guppy
wiley   +1 more source

Resilience among refugee mothers: scoping review of promotion and hindrance factors. [PDF]

open access: yesBJPsych Open
Zecchinato F   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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