Castellow: Psychology And Rhe Courtroom

Question 1

Castellow aim

Answer 1

To investigate if attractiveness of defendant can affect a jury’s decision

Question 2

Castellow ps

Answer 2

71 male students
74 female students

Question 3

Castellow procedure

Answer 3

Participants asked to read a sexual harassment case, attached were pictures of the defendant and the victim. These were either attractive or unattractive defendants/victims
The dependent variable was their answer to the question ‘do you think the defendant is guilty of sexual harassment?’

Question 4

Castellow results

Answer 4

Attractive defendants were found guilty 56% of the time
Unattractive defendants were found guilty 76% of the time