RT Article
T1 Race and justice in British Columbia, Canada: Explicit racism, implicit racism, and principled moral reasoning in judgments about perpetrators and victims
JF Journal of ethnicity in criminal justice
VO 23
IS 2
SP 97
OP 117
A1 Laird, Jordyn D.
A1 Laird, Philip G.
A2 Laird, Philip G.
LA English
YR 2025
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1925060640
AB One hundred and twenty-one White participants made judgments about a hypothetical rape and murder scenario with race of perpetrator and victim systematically varied and completed the Defining Issues Test Version 2-Short Form (DIT2-SF). Independent variables were race of the accused and victim, dependent variables consisted of judgment about accused’s and victim’s behaviors, relative blameworthiness, and moral reasoning. White accused were judged more harshly than Black and Indigenous accused. Perpetrators of crimes against White victims were judged more harshly than perpetrators of crimes against Black and Indigenous victims. Participants who used more principled reasoning blamed victims less than those who employed less principled reasoning. Explicit and implicit racism and the role of principled moral reasoning are discussed.
K1 Racism
K1 Moral Reasoning
K1 Indigenous
K1 Crime
K1 Black
DO 10.1080/15377938.2025.2468691