TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2004//
TI  - Effects of defendant age on severity of punishment for different crimes
JO  - Journal of social psychology
A1  - Bergeron, Christine E.
A1  - McKelvie, Stuart J.
SP  - 75
EP  - 90
VL  - 144
IS  - 1
N2  - After reading a murder or theft vignette in which the perpetrator was a 20-, 40-, or 60-year-old man, 95 undergraduates gave sentence and parole recommendations. Punishment was harsher for the murder than for the theft. For murder, participants treated the 20- and 60-year-old men less harshly than the 40-year-old man, which confirms previous archival findings. However, this inverted U-shaped function occurred for murder only. The authors discussed the results in the context of the just-desert and utilitarian rationales that guide sentencing and gave suggestions for future research.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0022-4545
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3200/SOCP.144.1.75-90
ID  - ref1
ER  -