The examination of the enhancement and inhibiting effects on sentencing decisions:Sympathy for crime victim and normative value about the trial

• Shiraiwa Yuko

  Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, University of Tokyo

• Karasawa Kaori

  Center for Research and Development of Higher Education, University of Tokyo

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 量刑判断に対する増進・抑制効果の検討
• 量刑判断に対する増進・抑制効果の検討 : 被害者への同情と裁判に対する規範的なイメージに着目して
• リョウケイ ハンダン ニ タイスル ゾウシン ・ ヨクセイ コウカ ノ ケントウ : ヒガイシャ エ ノ ドウジョウ ト サイバン ニ タイスル キハンテキ ナ イメージ ニ チャクモク シテ
• —被害者への同情と裁判に対する規範的なイメージに着目して—

Abstract

The present study focused on the determination factors of the sentencing decisions in the fictional case of accidental mortality from the aspects of the enhancement and inhibiting effects. 71 undergraduate students participated in the scenario experiment and they were subjected to a statement presented by the victim. Multiple linear regression analyses revealed that sympathy for crime victim made the sentence stricter. Furthermore, normative values such as “the trial must be rational, not emotional” had the inhibiting effect on sympathy for victim and the sentence to the defendant. Suggestions for future research on the determination of the punishment were discussed.

Journal

• JAPANESE JOURNAL OF RESEARCH ON EMOTIONS

  JAPANESE JOURNAL OF RESEARCH ON EMOTIONS 22 (3), 110-117, 2015

  JAPAN SOCIETY FOR RESEARCH ON EMOTIONS

Keywords

• citizen judge system
• dichotomy between national nature and emotion
• victim impact statement

Details

• CRID: 1390001205297087872
• NII Article ID: 130005087640
• NII Book ID: AA11429846
• DOI: 10.4092/jsre.22.110
• ISSN: 18828949
• ISSN: 18828817
• NDL BIB ID: 026393132
• Web Site: http://id.ndl.go.jp/bib/026393132
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I026393132
• Web Site: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jsre/22/3/22_110/_pdf
• Text Lang: ja
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