Race Shapes Perceptions of Juvenile Offenders in Criminal Court1

Margaret C. Stevenson · Bette L. Bottoms

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Jury Decision Making Processes Social and Intergroup Psychology Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis

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We investigated the effects of defendant race, victim race, and juror gender on non‐African American mock jurors' perceptions of crimes committed by juvenile offenders. We predicted that mock jurors, particularly men, would render more pro‐prosecution case judgments when the defendant was African American than White. We also predicted that defendants would be judged more harshly when the crime victim was portrayed as White rather than as African American. Although there were few main effects of defendant race or victim race on case judgments, defendant and victim race by juror gender interactions revealed that men (but not women) demonstrated the predicted bias against African American defendants and victims. Explanations and implications are discussed.

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