In the eye of the beholder: Decision-making of lawyers in cases of sexual harassment.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The purpose of the present study was to examine the effect of deliberative vs. intuitive thinking styles on forensic judgments of legal professionals. Two hypotheses were tested: (a) that low deliberative thinking would be related to judgmental biases (b) that lawyers would report a greater tendency and preference toward deliberative thinking in comparison to students and make more rational judgments.

Method

Ninety-one lawyers and 120 undergraduate students, who served as controls, were asked to read a criminal case depicting sexual harassment (SH) and judge victim and offender blame, whether the case constitutes SH, and the damage for the victim.

Results

Deliberative thinking of lawyers was higher than students, and higher than their intuitive thinking styl

SUBMITTER: Zvi L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9371357 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature