Dialect on trial: use of African American Vernacular English influences juror appraisals

We investigated the effect of dialect and race on juror decision making. Mock jurors read a summary of an ambiguous criminal case, which included audio of a defense witness (Study 1) or defendant (Study 2). Both speaker dialect [General American English (GAE)/African American Vernacular English (AAV...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kurinec, Courtney A. (Author)
Contributors: III, Charles A. Weaver
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2019
In: Psychology, crime & law
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Keywords:
Appraisals
Attitudes
Bias
Dialect
Juror decision making
Race