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Identifier	Thesis 1921
Author	Plourd, Brian J.
Title	The Effects of Alcohol and Attorney Gender on Perceptions of Sexual Assault Cases
Publisher	Central Connecticut State University
Date	2007
Resource Type	Master's Thesis
Notes	The purpose of this study is to more closely look at the effect of biases in juror perceptions of sexual assault cases based on two factors: the gender of the prosecution and defense attorneys, and the presence of alcohol as a mediating factor in the case. Factorial surveys were the method utilized to test the three variables. The sample consisted of 91 college men and women at Central Connecticut State University. Students were asked to read a sample scenario involving a sexual assault and they were asked to answer the questions at the end. The results from the study indicated that the presence of alcohol had a significant main effect on the perception of guilt; more respondents felt the defendant was guilty when alcohol was mentioned in the scenario. There also was an interactive effect of attorney gender and alcohol such that significantly fewer respondents perceived the defendant as guilty in the alcohol scenario when the defense attorney was female as opposed to male. Thus the gender of the attorneys appeared to mitigate the influence of alcohol on the perception of guilt. These findings suggest that sexual assault cases, particularly those involving alcohol, might be influenced by juror bias in the courtroom.
Subject	Jurors -- United States -- Attitudes Sex crimes -- United States
Department	Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Advisor	Hedlund, Jennifer
Type	Text
Digital Format	application/pdf
Language	eng
OCLC number	713733986
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