How voluntariness of apologies affects actual and hypothetical victims' perceptions of the offender.

Apologies are important in social interactions. Study 1 investigated participants' reactions after being insulted by a confederate and receiving no apology, a voluntary apology, a coerced apology with consequences (i.e.

The influence of accounts and remorse on mock jurors' judgments of offenders.

Defendants often provide accounts that minimize their responsibility for the accused offense. Jurors attribute responsibility to defendants and decide legal outcomes based on the given account. The current research examined the effects of accounts (i.