Mahima Vasishth on the Role of Media in Judicial Outcomes of Sexual Harassment Cases
Ideas of India
The Effect of Media Reports on Judiciary Decision Making
Rati Rajagopalun: I look at the differences in conviction probabilities and my case out judicial outcomes by looking at the gender of the judges. She finds that female judges are more likely to respond to media reports when there are more criminally accused politicians in power. But again, it's not significant, but it's indicative of the directions we would expect the judicial decision making to function in. Mahimadis: It might be actually the channel through the police is my imagination.
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