Table 2 Frequencies and proportions of (N = 1402) participants’ criminalization decisions (yes/no), as a function of the vignettes’ levels of harm (low or high) and disgust (low or high).
From: An empirical investigation of emotion and the criminal law: towards a “criminalization bias”?
Criminalize | Low harm | High harm | ||
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Low disgust | High disgust | Low disgust | High disgust | |
Yes | 17 (1%) | 823 (63%) | 468 (36%) | 1304 (99%) |
No | 1301 (99%) | 486 (37%) | 824 (64%) | 15 (1%) |