![]() Da die bisherigen Erkenntnisse über professionelle Entscheidungsträger spärlich und widersprüchlich sind, wurde in der vorliegenden Arbeit untersucht, ob Richter:innen und Staatsanwält:innen Anzeichen von Confirmation Bias zeigen. Eine voreingenommene Informationsverarbeitung würde jedoch eine ernsthafte Bedrohung für die juristische Entscheidungsfindung darstellen. Die Forschung über den Bestätigungsfehler legt nahe, dass solche vorherigen Annahmen die nachfolgende Informationsverarbeitung beeinflussen und somit zu einer Bestätigung dieser Annahmen führen. dass ein Verdächtiger oder Angeklagter ein bestimmtes Verbrechen begangen hat. ![]() Strafrechtliche Ermittlungen und Gerichtsverfahren werden immer von Annahmen geleitet, z. B. We argue that even small effects may threaten fair judgments and that our findings likely underestimate real-world effects. The effects were rather small, but this finding did not hinge on professional training, as another study with (law) students suggested. consistent) statements, thus, indicating confirmation bias. Although identical, witnessing conditions were rated as significantly poorer for inconsistent (vs. ![]() Specifically, we provided case materials pointing to a certain suspect and investigated evaluations of subsequent eyewitness evidence as a function of whether it was consistent or inconsistent with the initial suspicion. Since previous evidence regarding professional decision makers is sparse and inconsistent, the present paper investigated whether legal experts showed evidence of confirmation bias. Biased information processing, in turn, would pose a severe threat to legal decision-making. Research on confirmation bias suggests that such prior assumptions bias subsequent information processing, fostering a confirmation of those assumptions. Criminal investigations and trials are always guided by assumptions such that a suspect or defendant has committed a certain crime.
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