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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Exonerees"”.
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Individuals’ empathic responses to exonerees’ emotional and physical suffering
In exploring avenues to combat the stigma exonerees experience, a study was conducted to examine whether exposure to an exoneree’s suffering increases empathy and helping, and whether different empathic responses (e.g., emotions) result from the type of suffering witnessed. Participants were …
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Examing the effects of apology and compensation on participants' perceptions of exonerees.
Research suggests that exonerees experience stigma post-incarceration that causes reintegration difficulties (Westervelt & Cook, 2010). Using Weiner’s (1993) theory of social motivation, we investigated whether apology or compensation influenced perceptions of exonerees. Participants read vignettes …
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Perceptions of false confessions: Reducing prejudice toward exonerees through the use of educational materials
… were successful in reducing prejudice toward exonerees. In particular, we examined whether prejudice toward an individual who falsely confessed could be reduced through watching educational videos (personal story video and/or fact based video) about false confessions and wrongful conviction. …
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Willingness to help: how the portrayal and perception of a wrongfully convicted individual affects people’s willingness to help exonerees
… there is no legal requirement to compensate exonerees (Roach, 2012), and despite research suggesting Canadians would be supportive of this government assistance for exonerees (Angus Reid, 1995; Clow, Blandisi, et al., 2012), Canada rarely compensates or provides them with reintegration …
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Societal perceptions of wrongful convictions
… the current academic literature suggests that exonerees have reported feeling stigmatized; however, public perception research suggests that the public is actually supportive of exonerees. As very little research has been conducted on public perceptions of wrongful conviction—and on the views …
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Legal Exoneration: A Case Study through the Life History of John Thompson
… rights on former prisoners such as JT. Yet ―exonerees‖ face all the social, political, and personal problems that characterize the post-release experience of convicted felons. JT‘s experience is an important case of exonerees‘ quest for the restoration of standing, justice and compensation.
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Canadian women and no-crime wrongful convictions: an investigation into whether (and why) women are more frequently wrongfully convicted in no-crime cases against children
… on no-crime wrongful convictions and female exonerees is scarce, but what research exists suggests that women are wrongfully convicted in no-crime cases against children more often than in wrong-person crime cases. The goal of this dissertation was to begin exploring (1) whether this American …
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A content and thematic analysis of Reddit discussions about When They See Us
As the number of wrongful conviction media productions increases, an understanding of their impact on viewers is prudent. In this thesis, I investigated the effect of watching When They See Us – a dramatized miniseries depicting the wrongful conviction of five racialized teenagers in 1990 – on the …