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Forensic Psychology Dissertation Study - Participants Wanted

Elderly Emperor

Elderly Emperor

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Hello, as part of my dissertation study, I am conducting research into the role of cognitive and affective empathy in sentencing decisions among autistic and neurotypical mock jurors. If you would like to participate in taking part in this study, please follow the link below. You must be aged over 18 years to participate. You should not take part if you have been a victim of a crime and feel that reading about crime may negatively affect you in any way.

All information about which university this is for, the purpose of the study and what it aims to achieve, who will have access to the information you provide is stated within the Participant Information page before the study begins. Everything is anonymous so you don't have to worry. :)

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me. Thank you.

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I just had a quick look through your survey, that's the incomplete result you just got.

I'm too old to respond - responders must be between the ages of 18 and 50.

It might also be helpful to mention that you're in England. In one of your questions you refer to a law from 2003, that will be a UK specific law and may not be relevant or even known about by many of your responders. I'm an Aussie by the way.

Other than that I think it's quite an interesting study, a little different from the run of the mill stuff we normally see.
 
I did not asnwer the question on sentencing as I do not know what the referenced law has as its sentencing guidelines.
 
Alexej said:
I did not asnwer the question on sentencing as I do not know what the referenced law has as its sentencing guidelines.
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Hello,

Thank you for participating. The Sexual Offences Act 2003 is used to define and determine the severity of all sexual offences in the UK. Such examples would be nonconsensual touching such as within the case within the study.
 
Outdated said:
I just had a quick look through your survey, that's the incomplete result you just got.

I'm too old to respond - responders must be between the ages of 18 and 50.

It might also be helpful to mention that you're in England. In one of your questions you refer to a law from 2003, that will be a UK specific law and may not be relevant or even known about by many of your responders. I'm an Aussie by the way.

Other than that I think it's quite an interesting study, a little different from the run of the mill stuff we normally see.
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Thank you for feedback, that helps a lot. I'll make reference to the law within my original post as I can not change my study due to university rules. I am pleased that you feel it is interesting. :)
 
Elderly Emperor said:
Hello, as part of my dissertation study, I am conducting research into the role of cognitive and affective empathy in sentencing decisions among autistic and neurotypical mock jurors. If you would like to participate in taking part in this study, please follow the link below. You must be aged over 18 years to participate. You should not take part if you have been a victim of a crime and feel that reading about crime may negatively affect you in any way.

All information about which university this is for, the purpose of the study and what it aims to achieve, who will have access to the information you provide is stated within the Participant Information page before the study begins. Everything is anonymous so you don't have to worry. :)

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me. Thank you.

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For anyone wondering, I am in England and the Sexual Offences Act (2003) is used to define and determine the severity of all sexual offences in the UK.
 
One question - how does your study account for alexithymia.
Since between 40 and 60% of autistic people experience alexi, the connection with empathy (both cognitive and affective) is different for this subset of autistic jurors.

Just asking
 
Alexej said:
One question - how does your study account for alexithymia.
Since between 40 and 60% of autistic people experience alexi, the connection with empathy (both cognitive and affective) is different for this subset of autistic jurors.

Just asking
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My study is not researching or analysing alexithymia as this is a new area of study. My research question does not relate to comorbid conditions with autism. The list of neurodiverse conditions was to be used as explanations for variance in the results. As alexithymia is not a neurodiverse condition, it was not included in the list as research has found that alexithymia can occur without autism. However, when writing up my dissertation, I was planning on proposing that alexithymia could have caused variance within the data and that future study should be considered. I hope that answers your question. :)
 
thejuice said:
Id have thought autistics wouldn't be eligible for jury service myself, even though I think we make good detectives lol
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I'm not sure about where you are but in the UK which is where I am based, autistic individuals do have to be jurors. I did some research on that as well seen as I have it and it began the concept for this whole study. I do have to agree, we do make good detectives, though. :)
 
Elderly Emperor said:
I'm not sure about where you are but in the UK which is where I am based, autistic individuals do have to be jurors. I did some research on that as well seen as I have it and it began the concept for this whole study. I do have to agree, we do make good detectives, though. :)
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Interesting, I didn't know that! Excellent choice of dissertation.Yes in UK

I think an autistic would be good in a jury, I hypothesise they'd be less susceptible to group think.
 
thejuice said:
I think an autistic would be good in a jury, I hypothesise they'd be less susceptible to group think.
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I only got asked to be a juror once and I wrote back and told them that my previous criminal record should preclude me from jury duty.

I didn't mention that my only criminal offence was drink driving 20 years previously. :)
I simply didn't want to do it.
 
Having a much more autism aware society is having an impact on our legal system too, people no longer get away with saying "It's not my fault, I'm autistic.". In fact trying to make excuses for themselves like that affects the sentencing policy and gives them a longer term inside if they're found guilty.
 
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