Farreras, IngridHunt, Gemma2023-05-092023-05-092017-05http://hdl.handle.net/11603/27834This experiment assessed the effect of three different offender education levels (no high school degree, high school degree, and college degree) on the amount of time they are sentenced for a crime. The study’s hypothesis was that offenders with a lower education level would receive a longer sentencing time than offenders with a higher education level. Ninety-six participants were randomly assigned to three groups: one group read four vignettes about offenders with no high school degree, one group read four vignettes about offenders with a high school degree, and the final group read four vignettes about offenders with a college degree. All participants responded on a number line ranging from five to twenty regarding the number of years they believed each offender should be sentenced. A one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) compared average sentence lengths by education level and found no statistically significant difference. An independent-samples t-test compared average sentence lengths for offenders without a college degree versus offenders with a college degree and found a statistically significant difference in that offenders with a college education were sentenced to about a year longer than offenders without a college level education.20 pagesen-USEducationsentencing timecrimeText