TY - JOUR
AU - Mussweiler, Thomas
AB - Research on juridical decision making has demonstrated that largely disparate sentences are often given for identical crimes. This may be the case because judges' sentencing decisions are influenced by a recommended or demanded sentence. Building on research on judgmental anchoring (Tversky & Kahneman, 1974), the present investigation examines whether a sentencing demand has a direct influence on a given sentence. Using criminal trial judges as participants, Study 1 demonstrates that such a direct influence does, in fact, exist. Sentencing decisions are assimilated to the sentence demanded by the prosecutor. Study 2 further reveals that this influence is independent of the perceived relevance of the sentencing demand. Study 3 demonstrates that this influence is also independent of judges' experience.
TI - Sentencing Under Uncertainty: Anchoring Effects in the Courtroom
JF - Journal of Applied Social Psychology
DO - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2001.tb02687.x
DA - 2001-07-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wiley/sentencing-under-uncertainty-anchoring-effects-in-the-courtroom-HMQifJ041R
SP - 1535
VL - 31
IS - 7
DP - DeepDyve
ER -