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The effect of sentencing factor and juror's gender on verdict

Abstract

Fact-finding of criminal trials in Korea is not procedurally separated from sentencing. Evidences and information on sentencing factors are together presented to the fact-finders. This study was to see whether and how the victim's age, a sentencing factor, would influence the decision of guilty. And also the effect of participant's gender was examined. Participants read one of two scenarios in which either a 16 or 26 years old female victim alleged the defendant for rape. They individually rendered the verdict and responded to questionnaire items designed to measure the extent to which the participant blamed the defendant and the victim for the sexual incident. The results showed that the verdict was not influenced by the victim's age; and blameworthiness of the defendant mediated the effect of the participant's gender on the verdict. Further implications of these findings were discussed.

keywords
피해자나이, 판단자성별, 유죄판단, 피고인의 비난가능성, 피해자비난, sentencing factor, victim's age, participant's gender, verdict, blameworthiness, victim blame

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