RT Article
T1 The Effects of an Incarcerated Person’s Gender Identity and Crime Type on Mock Parole Board Members’ Decisions
JF Criminology, criminal justice, law & society
VO 24
IS 3
SP 34
OP 49
A1 Cunius, M. Katie
A2 Miller, Monica K.
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1882514602
AB Parole members are tasked with deciding which incarcerated person is granted parole; however, factors such as the incarcerated person’s gender identity in combination with the crime committed could negatively affect this decision. This study investigated the effects of the incarcerated person’s gender identity (male, female, nonbinary) and crime committed (sexual assault, theft/larceny) on mock parole members’ decisions and perceptions of the incarcerated person. MTurk participants (N = 467) acted as mock parole board members. Participants read vignettes describing an incarcerated person eligible for parole, and participants rated their likelihood to release the incarcerated person and perception of the incarcerated person. We found that the incarcerated person’s gender identity affected participants’ parole decisions and perceptions of the incarcerated person, such that, in general, male incarcerated people were perceived more negatively than nonbinary and female incarcerated people, and female incarcerated people were perceived the most positively. Crime severity also affected parole decisions, such that incarcerated people who commit a crime of sexual assault were less likely to receive parole and were perceived the most negatively compared to incarcerated people who commit a crime of theft/larceny. There was no interaction between the incarcerated person’s gender identity and crime severity. This study can provide insight on perceptions of nonbinary incarcerated people, and how these perceptions compare to binary incarcerated people.
K1 Gender Identity
K1 Larceny
K1 Parole
K1 Perceptions
K1 Sexual Assault
K1 Theft
DO 10.54555/CCJLS.8495.90809