TY - JOUR
T1 - Perceptions of plea bargaining in cases of elder financial abuse
AU - Riederer, Andrea M.
AU - Golding, Jonathan M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020/5/26
Y1 - 2020/5/26
N2 - The present study investigated perceptions of plea bargains in elder financial abuse. Approximately 78-90% of felony convictions are the result of plea bargains, yet very little work examines the public’s perceptions of it. Additionally, elders lose an estimated $2.6–36.5 billion dollars each year to financial abuse and exploitation. Participants were recruited from Mturk (N = 74) and completed a mixed-factors 2 (Amount of Money Stolen: $5,000 vs. $50,000) x 2 (Relationship of Victim and Perpetrator: son vs. caretaker) x 2 (Type of Sentence: reduced jail sentence vs. probation) x 2 (Participant Gender) design. Amount, relationship, and sentence were within-participant factors, while gender was between-participant. It was found that there were main effects of amount, sentence, and relationship between victim and defendant such that participants showed a preference for plea bargains when the amount in question was lower ($5,000 vs. $50,000), when the sentence given was harsher (a reduced jail sentence vs. probation), and when the defendant was the victim’s son (vs. a caretaker).
AB - The present study investigated perceptions of plea bargains in elder financial abuse. Approximately 78-90% of felony convictions are the result of plea bargains, yet very little work examines the public’s perceptions of it. Additionally, elders lose an estimated $2.6–36.5 billion dollars each year to financial abuse and exploitation. Participants were recruited from Mturk (N = 74) and completed a mixed-factors 2 (Amount of Money Stolen: $5,000 vs. $50,000) x 2 (Relationship of Victim and Perpetrator: son vs. caretaker) x 2 (Type of Sentence: reduced jail sentence vs. probation) x 2 (Participant Gender) design. Amount, relationship, and sentence were within-participant factors, while gender was between-participant. It was found that there were main effects of amount, sentence, and relationship between victim and defendant such that participants showed a preference for plea bargains when the amount in question was lower ($5,000 vs. $50,000), when the sentence given was harsher (a reduced jail sentence vs. probation), and when the defendant was the victim’s son (vs. a caretaker).
KW - Elder abuse
KW - decision making
KW - financial abuse
KW - plea bargaining
KW - procedural justice
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U2 - 10.1080/08946566.2020.1738300
DO - 10.1080/08946566.2020.1738300
M3 - Article
C2 - 32160818
AN - SCOPUS:85081718348
SN - 0894-6566
VL - 32
SP - 217
EP - 234
JO - Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect
JF - Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect
IS - 3
ER -