Interactive effects of characteristics of defendant and mock juror on US participants' judgment and sentencing recommendations

被引:50
作者
Abwender, DA [1 ]
Hough, K [1 ]
机构
[1] SUNY Coll Brockport, Dept Psychol, Brockport, NY 14420 USA
关键词
attractiveness; defendant characteristics; gender; in-group bias; interactive effects; judgment; mock-juror characteristics; race; sentencing;
D O I
10.1080/00224540109600574
中图分类号
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
The authors examined the effects of interactions (a) between defendant attractiveness and juror gender and (b) between defendant race and juror race on judgment and sentencing among 207 Black, Hispanic, and White participants in the United States. After reading a vehicular-homicide vignette in which the defendant's attractiveness and race varied, the participants rated guilt and recommended sentences. The women treated the unattractive female defendant more harshly than they treated the attractive female defendant; the men showed an opposite tendency. The Black participants showed greater leniency when the defendant was described as Black rather than White. The Hispanic participants showed an opposite trend, and the White participants showed no race-based leniency. The findings on racial effects were consistent (a) with in-group favorability bias among the Black participants and (b) with attribution effects unrelated to race among the White participants.
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页码:603 / 615
页数:13
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