RT Article
T1 Trial by Tabloid: Can Implicit Bias Education Reduce Pretrial Publicity Bias?
JF Criminal justice and behavior
VO 49
IS 2
SP 259
OP 278
A1 Jones, Angela M.
A2 Wong, Kimberly A.
A2 Meyers, Courtney N.
A2 Ruva, Christine
LA English
YR 2022
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1786542749
AB The Western District of Washington recently developed an educational video to reduce jurors’ implicit biases. Little is known regarding the effectiveness of this proposed remedy to address a range of implicit biases. This study tested whether this educational video reduces pretrial publicity (PTP) bias. A total of 330 undergraduate participants were randomly assigned to read PTP or unrelated articles. An average of 9 days later, they were randomly assigned to watch the educational video prior to viewing a murder trial. Those exposed to PTP were more likely to convict and found the defendant more culpable and less credible. The educational video did not reduce PTP bias. A more tailored debiasing strategy may be needed to overcome the biasing effects of PTP. Differences in legal decisions also emerged depending on whether participants completed the second phase in-person or online, which has implications for future data collection modes.
K1 Debiasing strategies
K1 Bias
K1 Pretrial publicity
K1 Juror decision-making
DO 10.1177/00938548211026956