More Severe Juror Sexual Abuse Strengthens Empathy for Child Sexual Abuse Victims: Meta-Analyses

Tayler M. Jones-Cieminski, Margaret Stevenson, Bette L. Bottoms, Department of Behavioral Health, Bethany Children, s Health Center, Department of Psychology, Kenyon College, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago

Child Maltreatment

Published online on June 02, 2025

Abstract

Child Maltreatment, Volume 31, Issue 2, Page 349-360, May 2026.
Jones et al. (2020)showed that compared to non-abused others, sexually abused jurors are more likely to empathize with child sexual abuse (CSA) victims, perceive victims as credible, and convict defendants in CSA mock trials. We extend these findings by ...