Year 2021

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Silver, J.R., & Berryessa, C.M. (2021). Remorse, perceived offender immorality, and lay sentencing Preferences. Journal of Experimental Criminology. DOI: 10.1007/s11292-021-09488-5

Objective We examine whether affective, verbal, and restitutive displays of remorse are associated with perceived offender immorality, as well as whether displays of remorse exert indirect effects on preferences for... Learn More

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Berryessa, C.M. (2021). Public support for using “second chance” mechanisms to reconsider long-term prison sentences for drug crimes. Federal Sentencing Reporter 34(1): 71-79.

Using a national sample of U.S. adults (N = 371), this study experimentally examines (1) public support for the use of strategies that provide early release (i.e., “second chance” mechanisms)... Learn More

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Berryessa, C. M. (2021). A dual-process approach to moral panic and public support for sex offender management policies. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.

The current study explores if and how dual-process thinking styles (System I/experiential and System II/rational processing) predict and explain the degree to which members of the public express moral panic... Learn More

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Berryessa, C. M. (2021). A tale of “second chances:” An experimental examination of popular support for early release mechanisms that reconsider long-term prison sentences.

This study examines US popular support for mechanisms that provide early release and “second chances” for individuals serving long-term prison sentences. An experiment using a national sample of US adults (N=836). Data... Learn More

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Berryessa, C.M. (2021). “Second chance” mechanisms as a first step to ending the war on drugs. American Journal of Bioethics 21(4): 54-56.

This paper discusses how existing legal strategies can be used to help bring immediate relief to individuals serving long-term prison sentences for drug-related crimes by creating or expanding opportunities for... Learn More

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Xu, Y., Berryessa, C. M., Dowd, M. Penta, D. & Coley, J.D. (2021). Essentialist thinking predicts culpability and sentencing judgments. Psychology, Crime and Law.

People often perceive social groups (e.g. ethnic groups, occupations, gender groups) as having fixed membership and discrete boundaries. This paper proposes that essentialist beliefs about abstract crime concepts, as naturally... Learn More

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Berryessa, C.M. (2021). The potential influence of criminological rationales in considering childhood abuse as mitigating to sentencing. Child Abuse & Neglect 111: 104818.

U.S. courts currently show no coherent approach with regard to how evidence of childhood abuse is considered in sentencing. Existing state and federal caselaw suggests that courts rarely place significant... Learn More

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Berryessa, C. M., & Balavender, A*. (2021). The value of remorse as a “therapeutic tool” for probation officers in sentencing. In Perlin, M. & Frailing., K (Eds.), Justice outsourced: The therapeutic jurisprudence implications of judicial decision-making by non-judicial officers. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press.

Although shame and guilt are often conceived as adverse sentiments in criminal contexts, defendants’ expressions of remorse may actually act as an effective “therapeutic tool” in the legal process in... Learn More

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Skove, A., Berryessa, C.M., Schaible, L., & Aissam, I. (2021). Justice in the new digital era: The pitfalls and benefits of rapid technology adoption by courts. In C. Campbell, J. Holtzclaw, and D. Alicea-Lozada. (Eds.), Trends in State Courts 2021. Williamsburg, VA: NCSC.

Courts occupy a unique position in the justice system that is steeped in tradition and formality. Likewise, any changes from established procedure are likely to invite challenges to decisions and... Learn More

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Scarpazza, C., Berryessa, C.M., & Focquaert, F. (2021). A biopsychosocial approach to idiopathic versus acquired pedophilia: What do we know and how do we proceed legally and ethically? In S. Ligthart, D. Van Toor, T. Kooijmans, T. Douglas & G. Meynen (Eds.), Neurolaw: Advances in Neuroscience, Justice & Security. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave MacMillan.

Idiopathic and acquired paedophilia are two different disorders with different aetiology, neural basis, modus operandi, and possible treatments. In this chapter, these differences will be summarized and the legal implications... Learn More

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