‘Ideal victims’ in capital penalty hearings: an assessment of victim impact evidence and sentencing outcomes
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DOI: 10.1080/0735648x.2019.1588770
Abstract: ABSTRACT 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, research to date has not utilized… read more here.
Keywords: ideal victims; victim impact; sentencing outcomes; impact evidence ... See more keywords