Contrast effect on the perception of the severity of a criminal offence

All the participants (undergraduate students) were exposed sequentially (one by one) to 5 brief descriptions of different actions constituting criminal offences according to the Spanish Penal Code. Each description was accompanied by the specific name of the offence, and the range of the jail senten...

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Main Authors: Gabriel Rodríguez, Sara Blanco
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos de Madrid 2016-01-01
Series:Anuario de Psicología Jurídica
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1133074016300010