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Confronting cognitive "anchoring effect" and "blind spot" biases in federal sentencing: a modest solution for reforming a fundamental flaw/ by Mark W. Bennett.

By:

Bennett, Mark W

Material type:

Continuing resourceSeries: The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology | ; Vol. 104, No.3Publication details: --Illinois: Northwestern University Press, c2014.Description: pages 489-534ISSN:

00914169

Subject(s):

Criminal law

DDC classification:

BPer.364.05 J82

Summary: Cognitive "anchoring effect" bias, especially related to numbers, like sentencing guidelines ranges, is widely recognized in cognitive psychology as an extremely robust and powerful heuristic. It is a cognitive shortcut that has a strong tendency to undermine judgments by "anchoring" a judgment to an earlier disclosed number, the anchor.

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Cognitive "anchoring effect" bias, especially related to numbers, like sentencing guidelines ranges, is widely recognized in cognitive psychology as an extremely robust and powerful heuristic. It is a cognitive shortcut that has a strong tendency to undermine judgments by "anchoring" a judgment to an earlier disclosed number, the anchor.

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