Purpose Legal scholars have criticized the introduction of victim impact statement (VIS)
delivery in criminal proceedings due to their potential of biasing legal decisions about guilt …

Bringing together cutting-edge theory and research that bridges academic disciplines from
criminology and criminal justice, to developmental psychology, sociology, and political …

Negative observer reactions towards victims may be related to people's expectations of the
characteristics and demeanor of an ideal victim. We examined how expressed emotion …

Victim impact statements (VISs) are controversial in capital sentencing proceedings largely
due to their questionable relevance to sentencing, the concern that characterizations of the …

Objective: Victim impact statements (VISs) are testimonies that convey the emotional,
physical, and financial harm that victims have suffered as the result of a crime. Although VISs …

Het proefschrift behandelt de reacties van leken en juridische professionals (strafrechters en
officieren van justitie) op emotionele slachtoffers van ernstige misdrijven. Hoewel men zou …

Judges routinely instruct juries that they should decide cases based solely on evidence
presented at trial and avoid letting their emotions affect their judgment. 1 Judges may …

Child sexual abuse (CSA) cases often involve graphic descriptions of abuse. Jurors may
experience emotional reactions to this type of evidence, which may impact decision making …

Critics have argued that victim impact evidence (VIE) may enhance sentencing biases by
encouraging judges and juries to treat some types of victims as worthier than others. Yet …

Abstract Victim Impact Statements (VIS) in capital sentencing proceedings have been the
subject of debate among justices in three critical US Supreme Court decisions (Booth v …