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