There are few areas of law that grant judges as much discretion as the sentencing of criminal offenders. This discretion necessarily leads to concerns about the influence of biases, including those that result from subconscious processes associated with human cognition; that is to say, heuristics. In this article, the authors explore one heuristic—number preference—through an examination of all reported second degree murder parole ineligibility decisions between 1990 and 2012. Number preference leads individuals to predictably round off measurements to certain favoured numbers. The authors identify a tendency for parole ineligibility decisions to cluster around even numbers and multiples of five, without any obvious, legally-justifiable rea...
We consider the issue of standards of proof in legal decisions from the point of view of probability...
Part XXIV of the Criminal Code contains a legislative mechanism to detain indefinitely people who ha...
Several empirical research studies have shown that cognitive bias can unconsciously distort inferenc...
There are few areas of law that grant judges as much discretion as the sentencing of criminal offend...
There are few areas of law that grant judges as much discretion as the sentencing of criminal offend...
Canada's murder sentencing regime has been in effect since 1976, and yet very little data has examin...
Canada\u27s murder sentencing regime has been in effect since 1976, and yet very little data has exa...
Criminal sentencing is a complex cognitive activity often performed by the unaided mind under subopt...
Criminal sentencing is a complex cognitive activity often performed by the unaided mind under subopt...
Legal cases often require jurors to use numerical information. They may need to evaluate the meaning...
Purpose. This study focuses on two psychological mechanisms that may inadvertently affect judges' de...
Although it has long been acknowledged that heuristics influence judicial decision making, research...
The notion that a false positive (false conviction) is worse than a false negative (false acquittal)...
This paper presents a theory of relative judgments, suggesting that judges evaluate individual cases...
The United States Sentencing Guidelines place little emphasis on probability. Instead, the Guideline...
We consider the issue of standards of proof in legal decisions from the point of view of probability...
Part XXIV of the Criminal Code contains a legislative mechanism to detain indefinitely people who ha...
Several empirical research studies have shown that cognitive bias can unconsciously distort inferenc...
There are few areas of law that grant judges as much discretion as the sentencing of criminal offend...
There are few areas of law that grant judges as much discretion as the sentencing of criminal offend...
Canada's murder sentencing regime has been in effect since 1976, and yet very little data has examin...
Canada\u27s murder sentencing regime has been in effect since 1976, and yet very little data has exa...
Criminal sentencing is a complex cognitive activity often performed by the unaided mind under subopt...
Criminal sentencing is a complex cognitive activity often performed by the unaided mind under subopt...
Legal cases often require jurors to use numerical information. They may need to evaluate the meaning...
Purpose. This study focuses on two psychological mechanisms that may inadvertently affect judges' de...
Although it has long been acknowledged that heuristics influence judicial decision making, research...
The notion that a false positive (false conviction) is worse than a false negative (false acquittal)...
This paper presents a theory of relative judgments, suggesting that judges evaluate individual cases...
The United States Sentencing Guidelines place little emphasis on probability. Instead, the Guideline...
We consider the issue of standards of proof in legal decisions from the point of view of probability...
Part XXIV of the Criminal Code contains a legislative mechanism to detain indefinitely people who ha...
Several empirical research studies have shown that cognitive bias can unconsciously distort inferenc...