How different kinds of information about wrongful convictions influence public opinion of compensating exonerees
According to the first of today's Five Studies About: Wrongful Convictions
Hello! I'm Aaron Jacklin, and this is The Art of Explaining Crime, an independent newsletter that helps you think and write about crime.
Published Tuesdays and Thursdays, Five Studies About is a free tip sheet where I curate recent crime and justice studies related to one topic. Today’s topic is : wrongful convictions.
These new crime studies related to wrongful convictions were recently published by journals I monitor:
1. Framing the harms of wrongful convictions: how different narratives shape public opinion [Journal of Experimental Criminology]
2. An experimental study on the effect of prosecutorial Brady violations on confidence in exonerating individuals wrongfully convicted of murder [Journal of Experimental Criminology]
3. Examining Wrongful Convictions in Chile: An Analysis of Supreme Court Exonerations in 2007 to 2023 [Crime & Delinquency]
4. Casting light on the unseen victims: A comprehensive review of the ramifications of wrongful convictions and exonerations on families [International Review of Victimology]
5. The role of suspect development practices in eyewitness identification accuracy and racial disparities in wrongful conviction [Social Issues and Policy Review]
I might cover some of these studies further in The Practice of Understanding Crime, my other newsletter. If any sound interesting or important, let me know in the comments.
Five Studies About and Crime Research Update are the output of my research discovery system.
https://wclawr.org/index.php/wclr - an entire journal about wrongful convictions research!