Giving Reasons Pro et Contra as a Debiasing Technique in Legal Decision Making (original) (raw)

2016

Abstract

We report on the results of deploying the debiasing technique " giving reasons pro et contra " among professional judges at Swedish municipal courts (n=239). Experimental participants assessed the relevance of an eyewitness's previous conviction to his credibility in the present case. Results are compared to data from lay judges (n=372). The technique produced a small positive debiasing effect in the sample of Swedish judges, while the effect was negative among lay judges.

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