RT Article T1 Social Identity in the Canadian Courtroom: Effects of Juror and Defendant Race JF Canadian journal of criminology and criminal justice VO 61 IS 4 SP 24 OP 44 A1 Maeder, Evelyn M. A1 Yamamoto, Susan LA English YR 2019 UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/168878571X AB The purpose of this study was to examine whether black (n = 90), Indigenous (n = 92), and white (n = 94) mock jurors would make harsher decisions in trials involving other-race defendants. Jury-eligible community members recruited via Qualtrics read a fictional impaired driving and dangerous operation of a motor vehicle case in which the defendant's race varied (black, Indigenous, white). They then made verdict/sentencing decisions and completed measures of stereotypes. We predicted that mock jurors who endorsed negative racial stereotypes would be more likely to vote guilty and recommend harsher sentences for other-race defendants. Instead, we found that positive personally held stereotypes predicted leniency among white jurors judging Indigenous defendants but no such effects for other trial party combinations. Overall, the black defendant received significantly more lenient decisions as compared to the white defendant. Although no formal policy ensures that specific groups are represented on juries, these data indicate that people process trial information differently as a joint function of juror and defendant race. (English) K1 Defendants K1 Group Identity K1 Indigenous Peoples K1 Jurors K1 Motor vehicle driving K1 Race K1 Juror decision making K1 Race salience K1 Representativeness DO 10.3138/cjccj.2018-0057