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Item “As Seen on TV:” The Relationship between Media, Demographics, and Perceptions of Campus Safety(North American Journal of Psychology, 2018) O'Donnell, Cullen T.; Carter, Lisa M.; Goodmon, Leilani B.; Zunic, Destiny; Smith, Caitlin; Parisi, A.Item The Effects of Media Type on Concealed Carry Perceptions on College Campuses(2016-03-31) Zunic, Destiny; O'Donnell, Cullen T.; Smith, Caitlin; Goodmon, Leilani B.; Carter, Lisa M.Item The effects of victim gender identity, juror gender, and judicial instructions on victim blaming, crime severity ratings, and verdicts in sexual assault trials(Taylor & Francis, 2022-02-18) Carter, Lisa M.; Goodmon, Leilani B.; Urs, Medhini; Rutledge-Jukes, HeathTransgender individuals may experience social discrimination and unfair legal considerations as crime victims. The current purpose was to investigate the relationship between the participant/jurors’ gender, the victims’ gender identity, and judge’s instructions to ignore the gender identity of the victim on perceptions of the victim and the crime and verdicts rendered in a sexual assault case. Overall, crime severity ratings were significantly lower for the trans male victim compared to the cisgender female victim. Male participants reported lower crime severity ratings for trials involving transgender victims compared to cisgender victims. However, victim blaming, likelihood that the defendant committed the crime, sentencing recommendations, verdict confidence, and conviction rates did not vary by the victim’s gender identity, the participant’s gender identity, nor the judge’s instructions. Participant gender as a predictor of verdict approached significance, indicating a trend for males to render more not guilty verdicts and females to render more guilty verdicts. In summary, male jurors perceived the crimes involving transgender victims as less severe and this may have impacted the rate of not guilty verdicts.Item The Effects of Gender Identity and Judicial Instructions on Victim Blaming, Crime Severity Ratings, and Verdicts in Sexual Assault Trials(2017-11-17) Carter, Lisa M.; Goodmon, Leilani B.; Smith, BrittanyThe purpose of this study was to conduct a simulated sexual assault trial where the researchers varied the victim’s gender identity (cis-male, cis-female, transgender male, transgender female) to determine what impact it might have on participants’ blaming attitudes toward the victim, perceptions of crime severity, and jury verdicts in a sexual assault trial. Another point of interest was to examine how the gender of the participant might interact with the gender identity to produce differences in victim attitudes and jury decisions. In a follow-up to the study researchers adjusted the trial scripts, and included an additional manipulation of a judge’s instructions to the jury that instructed jurors to ignore the gender identity of the victim. This was done to determine if it is possible to increase guilty verdict rates for the transgender victims of sexual assault, and create differences in attitudes towards victims, crime severity, and verdicts decisions. The study utilized a between subjects factorial design. Results and future policy implications for judicial procedures will also be discussed.Item The Effects of Gender Identity on Victim Blaming, Crime Severity Ratings, and Verdicts in Stranger Rape Trials(2016-09-07) Carter, Lisa M.; Goodmon, Leilani B.; Waugh, Sophia; Dahl, Kayla; Asceste, AnthonyItem The Relationship Between Media, Demographics, and Perceptions of Concealed Carry Regulations on College Campuses(2016-09-08) O'Donnell, Cullen T.; Zunic, Destiny; Smith, Caitlin; Goodmon, Leilani B.; Carter, Lisa M.