Jury Bias: Attractiveness of Defendants & Victims

Abstract The main purpose of this study was to observe if participants would judge various offenses in court differently. The experimenters wanted to see if different backgrounds of an individual effected the court decision that they received. The sample size for this experiment was taken from a psychology class at Lebanon Valley College. The class…

Can destruction of property be considered nonviolent?

In order to explore the question of whether violence against property is indeed a violent act, one must first define a few terms. To answer any question thoroughly, there must be no ambiguity in the question itself, and no room left for debate as to what the answer may be (in the eye of the…