RT Article
T1 Justice Is Not Blind: A Preliminary Evaluation of an Implicit Bias Training for Justice Professionals
JF Race and social problems
VO 12
IS 4
SP 362
OP 374
A1 Fix, Rebecca L.
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1747158704
AB While there are several studies that have tested efficacy of implicit bias trainings, none have tested how working within a justice profession or how one’s racial identity impact outcomes following participation in such a training. Additionally, though empathy influences bias, no studies have tested for the effect of implicit bias training on ethnocultural empathy. The present study is a program evaluation of an implicit bias training program that examines the effects of profession and racial identity on outcomes, including ethnocultural empathy. The implicit bias training was a 3-h standardized training that described how implicit biases are formed, how they impact children in the school-to-prison pipeline and adults in society, the short- and long-term consequences of those biases, and strategies for responding to one’s own implicit biases. Participants who completed implicit bias trainings were 243 justice professionals and 274 non-justice professionals. Results indicated training outcomes were significantly associated with participant gender, race, racial identity, and whether participants worked in justice or non-justice professions. In addition, participants indicated several strengths and assets of the program; how receptive participants were to implicit bias training components was significantly associated with gender, race, and whether the participants worked in justice settings. The current study provides a necessary but incomplete picture of the strengths and weaknesses of this implicit bias training, lending support for continued trainings with more in-depth and longitudinal study of them.
K1 Youth
K1 Adolescent
K1 Disproportionate minority contact
K1 Disparity
K1 Race
DO 10.1007/s12552-020-09297-x