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Looking Deathworthy: Perceived Stereotypicality of Black Defendants Predicts Capital-Sentencing Outcomes

Year: 2006

Type: preprint

Abstract: Researchers previously have investigated the role of race in capital sentencing, and in particular, whether the race of the defendant or victim influences the likelihood of a death sentence. In the present study, we examined whether the likelihood of being sentenced to death is influenced by the degree to which a Black defendant is perceived to have a stereotypically Black appearance. Controlling for a wide array of factors, we found that in cases involving a White victim, the more stereotypically Black a defendant is perceived to be, the more likely that person is to be sentenced to death.

Source: SSRN Electronic Journal

Authors: Sheri L. Johnson, Jennifer L. Eberhardt, Paul G. Davies, Valerie Purdie‐Vaughns

Institutions: Cornell University, Stanford University, University of California, Los Angeles, Yale University

Language: English

Topic: Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Reduced inequalities, Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W3125360567

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Cited by: 95

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