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2012

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Understanding Jurors’ Judgments In Cases Involving Juvenile Defendants: Effects Of Confession Evidence And Intellectual Disability, Cynthia J. Najdowski, Bette L. Bottoms Jan 2012

Understanding Jurors’ Judgments In Cases Involving Juvenile Defendants: Effects Of Confession Evidence And Intellectual Disability, Cynthia J. Najdowski, Bette L. Bottoms

Psychology Faculty Scholarship

Juveniles are at heightened risk for falsely confessing to crimes, particularly if they are intellectually disabled. We conducted a mock trial experiment to investigate the effects of a juvenile defendant’s confession and status as intellectually disabled on jurors’ decision making. As expected, jurors discounted a juvenile’s coerced confession: Jurors’ judgments were similar for a juvenile who was perceived to have confessed under coercion and a juvenile who did not confess. In general, these effects were explained by the fact that, compared to a juvenile who was perceived as having confessed voluntarily, a juvenile who was perceived as having confessed under …


Coalition For Prisoners' Rights Newsletter, Vol 36-L, No. 1, Coalition For Prisoners' Rights Jan 2012

Coalition For Prisoners' Rights Newsletter, Vol 36-L, No. 1, Coalition For Prisoners' Rights

Coalition for Prisoners' Rights Newsletters

Struggle to Improve Conditions Goes On

Crime of the Month

To Incarcerated Foreigners

International Day of Solidarity

Just Detention International - JDI

Incremento de Salario en Nuevo México


Via (Vol. 5), Valparaiso University Jan 2012

Via (Vol. 5), Valparaiso University

VIA

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When The Abyss Looks Back: Treatments Of Human Trafficking In Superhero Comic Books, Bond Benton, Daniela Peterka-Benton Jan 2012

When The Abyss Looks Back: Treatments Of Human Trafficking In Superhero Comic Books, Bond Benton, Daniela Peterka-Benton

Department of Justice Studies Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

Superhero comic book characters have historically engaged issues of social concern. From Superman’s opposition to the Ku Klux Klan in 1947 (Bowers, 2011) to Captain America’s acceptance of a gay soldier in 1982 (Witt, Sherry, & Marcus, 1995) to Batman’s stance against landmines in 1996 (O’Neil, 1996), stories involving superheroes have frequently demonstrated a developed social awareness on national and international problems. Given that the audience for superhero characters is often composed of young people, this engagement has served as a vehicle for raising understanding of issues and as tool for encouraging activism on the part of readers (McAllister, 1992; …


Out Of Reach: The Impact Of Changes In Rent Supplement:Summ, Gerard Doyle, Tanya Lalor Jan 2012

Out Of Reach: The Impact Of Changes In Rent Supplement:Summ, Gerard Doyle, Tanya Lalor

Reports

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