Year: 2015
Type: article
Abstract: This Note examines, through an experimental design, whether juror biases against black defendants are explained by aversive racism theory or social identity theory and whether procedural justice can be used to decrease biases.The Note also examines whether the timing of debiasing jury instructions affects judgments of guilt.The experiment finds that preevidence instructions result in lower judgments of guilt than post-evidence instructions.In addition, aversive racism theory, but not social identity theory or procedural justice, explains guilt judgments.The experiment has implications for both the content and timing of jury instructions in trials.
Source: bepress Legal Repository
Author: Elizabeth Ingriselli
Language: English
Subfield: Law
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funder: Yale University
OpenAlex ID: W2285232436