Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2019
Abstract
Differences in sentencing due to disorder and gender were examined. Four scenarios were randomly presented for each disorder type. Participants indicated the sentence length for each scenario and whether they would parole the individual. Men with personality disorders received longer sentences while women with psychotic or neurological disorders received longer sentences. Perpetrators with personality disorders were less likely to be paroled than those with a psychotic or neurological disorder. Parole decisions about psychotic women were made faster than any other condition.
Recommended Citation
Koch, Christopher and Jones, Tessa, "Is Criminal Sentencing Influenced by Type of Disorder?" (2019). Faculty Publications - Psychology Department. 55.
https://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/psyc_fac/55
Comments
Poster presented at the 40th Annual Conference of the Society for Judgement and Decision Making, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
See the Koch Cognition Lab for related research.