Mahima Vasishth on the Role of Media in Judicial Outcomes of Sexual Harassment Cases
Ideas of India
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The Role of Media Reporting in the Legal System
There are two broad channels that have been identified in the literature as to why media reports could lead to changes in judicial outcomes. The first being that the reporting behavior could change. It's possible that the media reports encourage more victims to file cases which could either alter the number of cases that are being filed or it could change the case composition. And the second channel here is that the media report could alter the perceptions of the agents that are involved.
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