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However, previous research in this area has widely neglected the fact that decision makers\u2019 probability judgments often exceed empirically observed recidivism rates derived from follow-up studies. Thus, the current studies investigated the additional effect of base rate information on the estimation of risk including laypeople (\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">n<\/jats:italic>\n                    = 283, 68% female,\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">M<\/jats:italic>\n                    = 24\u00a0years old) and expert witnesses (\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">n<\/jats:italic>\n                    = 62, 76% female,\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">M<\/jats:italic>\n                    = 42\u00a0years old). Results largely replicate findings of previous research regarding the effects of risk level and communication format. Both groups provided estimates substantially higher than expected official recidivism rates (laypeople:\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">M<\/jats:italic>\n                    = 56.7%, experts:\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">M<\/jats:italic>\n                    = 28.1% vs. empirical base rate of 10%). Providing base rates reduced this discrepancy by 12% points (Cohen\u2019s\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">d<\/jats:italic>\n                    = 0.43) for laypeople and 7% points (\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">d<\/jats:italic>\n                    = 0.42) for experts. Additional analyses indicated that experts specializing in risk assessment produced estimates closer to follow-up benchmarks than those focusing on other forensic tasks. Years of professional experience among expert witnesses were positively associated with larger discrepancies between estimates and follow-up rates. These findings underscore the importance of incorporating base rate information to anchor risk judgments in empirically established benchmarks. Communication format had, at most, a minimal impact on risk estimates, whereas providing base rate information meaningfully reduced discrepancies between estimates and follow-up benchmarks in both lay and expert samples. 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