Parole boards often incorporate numerous factors when making release decisions. These factors are typically related to the inmates’ case files. However, in some instances, parole boards’ decisions are influenced by factors outside of the case files, sometimes referred to as extra-legal factors. According to the emotion as social information model, emotion can communicate specific messages to others, and in this case, parole board members might unknowingly incorporate their own emotions and inmates’ emotional displays into their decisions. The current study examines the role of parole board member and inmate emotional expressions as predictors of parole release decisions. Parole hearings were coded for emotion, parole board and inmate gender, supporter presence, and risk scores. Overall, risk scores and parole board members’ emotions predicted release decisions. Higher risk scores were associated with a lower likelihood of release, and inmates’ negative emotion was related to a lower likelihood of release. Implications are discussed.

假释委员会在做出释放决定时通常会考虑许多因素。这些因素通常与囚犯的案件档案有关。然而，在某些情况下，假释委员会的决定会受到案件档案之外的因素的影响，有时也称为法律外因素。根据情绪作为社会信息模型，情绪可以将特定的信息传达给他人，在这种情况下，假释委员会成员可能会在不知不觉中将自己的情绪和囚犯的情绪表现纳入他们的决定中。目前的研究考察了假释委员会成员和囚犯情绪表达作为假释决定预测因素的作用。假释听证会根据情绪、假释委员会和囚犯性别、支持者的存在和风险评分进行编码。全面的，风险评分和假释委员会成员的情绪预测释放决定。较高的风险评分与较低的释放可能性相关，而囚犯的负面情绪与较低的释放可能性有关。讨论了影响。