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Title: Normalization in the courtroom: Does the formation of a group norm affect how judges adjust prosecutors' demands?
Authors: Geyres, Beatrice, Hilton, Denis, Py, Jacques
Source: European Journal of Social Psychology. Dec2013, Vol. 43 Issue 7, p600-605. 6p. 1 Color Photograph, 3 Black and White Photographs, 1 Chart.
Subjects: Legal procedure, Riots, Analysis of variance, Chi-squared test, Courts, Decision making, Judgment (Psychology), Lawyers, Field research, Group process, Descriptive statistics, Psychology
Geographic Terms: France
Abstract: Legal archives concerning a new type of offence first introduced onto the French statute books in 2005 reveal a normalization effect over the following 2 years in judges' sentence decisions but not in prosecutors' sentence demands. We examine the hypothesis that the formation of a normally accepted range of sentences will influence how judges respond to the extremity of the prosecutor's initial sentence demand. In line with a normalization perspective, results reveal that judges were less influenced by extreme (out-of-range) sentence demands but more influenced by moderate (in-range) sentences in 2007 than in 2005. Over time, it seems that a shared standard of reference is established, which appears to lead judges to adjust moderate prosecutor demands less and extreme prosecutor demands more. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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