Racial Disparities in Capital Sentencing: Prejudice and Discrimination in the Jury Room

Auteurs

• Jamie L. Flexon

Paramètres

• 176 pages
• 7 heures de lecture

• Criminalistique
• Droit, Littérature juridique
• Littérature juridique

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Flexon presents an interdisciplinary perspective to the problem of racial disparities in capital case outcomes. In doing so, research from social and cognitive psychology concerning stereotypes and attitude influence were bridged with other empirical findings concerning racial disparities in capital sentencing. Specifically, the psychology of stereotypes and attitudes are used to help explain how racial discrimination can operate undetected among death qualified jurors while producing sentencing discrepancies. The introduction of a potential source of bias information concerning criminal justice and race also is offered. Results indicate that prejudicial ideas are likely operating to influence capital sentencing decisions.

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• Année de publication: 2012
• Reliure: (rigide)