The impact of visual stereotypes on judgments about rape: a reverse-correlation approach

Legally irrelevant information like facial features is used to form judgments about rape cases. Using a reverse-correlation technique, it is possible to visualize criminal stereotypes and test whether these representations influence judgments. In the first step, images of the stereotypical faces of...

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Authors: Busching, Robert (Author) ; Lutz, Johannes (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2016
In: Swiss journal of psychology
Year: 2016, Volume: 75, Issue: 3, Pages: 133-140
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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