Mock juror perceptions of juvenile defendants in adult court

The focus of this study is on individual juror's perceptions of juveniles that have been remanded to the adult court system for trial. Jurors are expected to be harsher on juveniles tried in adult court than they would be on adults who committed the same crime. Participants recruited from students in UNLV's criminal justice classes were given a short vignette of a crime where the defendant's age and severity of the crime were manipulated. Participants were also given a short packet of personality questionnaires. Participants were asked to make verdict recommendations and sentence the offender when a guilty verdict was rendered. Results did not support the initial hypothesis. There was no significant difference between juveniles and adults with regard to verdicts rendered, nor did the personality scales have a significant effect on results.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts (MA)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Criminal Justice

Grantor dc:publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Year

2001

Author dc:creator

• Personius, Jennifer Lynne

Contributors dc:contributor

• Joel D. Lieberman

Statement dc:rights

• IN COPYRIGHT. For more information about this rights statement, please visit http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

https://oasis.library.unlv.edu/rtds/1293

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:oasis.library.unlv.edu:rtds-2292