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NCJ 159200
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| Title:
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Believability of Repressed Memories
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| Journal:
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Law and Human Behavior Volume:19 Issue:6 Dated:(December 1995) Pages:569-591
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| Author(s):
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J M Golding ; S A Sego ; R P Sanchez ; D Hasemann
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| Publication Date:
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1995 |
| Pages:
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23 |
| Type:
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Surveys |
| Origin:
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United States |
| Language:
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English |
| Annotation:
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Two experiments examined how mock jurors react to a case involving a repressed memory of child sexual assault. |
| Abstract:
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The participants were 57 male and 66 female college students who took part in partial fulfillment of a course requirement. The participants in Experiment 1 read a fictional civil trial summary; the participants in Experiment 2 read a fictional criminal trial summary. Each summary involved the sexual assault of a 6-year-old female. The summary was presented in three different versions. In the child version, the alleged victim reported her memory of the assault in the same year that the assault occurred. In the repressed version, the alleged victim reported the assault 20 years later, after remembering it for the first time. In the no-repressed version, the alleged victim reported the assault 20 years later, but the memory of the assault had been present for the 20 years. Results revealed that although the alleged victim's testimony was believed to some extent in all versions, the alleged victim in the child version was believed at the highest level; this was associated with more decisions against the defendant. Findings represent an initial step toward understanding how jurors react to repressed memory cases. Tables, methodological information, and 35 references (Author abstract modified) |
| Main Term(s):
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Criminology |
| Index Term(s):
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Jury decisionmaking ; Child sexual abuse ; Juvenile witnesses ; Witness credibility ; Adults molested as children |
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