Perceptions of Hate Crime Perpetrators and Victims as Influenced by Race, Political Orientation, and Peer Group

Dados Bibliográficos

ID3756530
AutoresAmy Marcus-Newhall (Scripps College), Amy Marcus‐Newhall (Scripps College), Laura Palucki Blake (0000-0002-2309-8616, Claremont Graduate University), Julia Baumann (0000-0002-3892-1898, Scripps College)
Ano2002
Volume46
Fascículo1
Páginas108-135
Data de publicação2002-09-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAmerican Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0002764202046001008
OpenAlexW2028671280
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas17
Referências citadas52

Three studies evaluated the influence of extralegal bias factors on mock jurors' perceptions of hate crimes. Race of victim (African American, Caucasian), race of perpetrator (African American, Caucasian), and political orientation (self-identified conservative, liberal) were manipulated in Experiment 1. Results indicated differential perceptions such that certainty of guilt and sentence ratings were greatest when the victim was African American and the perpetrator was Caucasian. Experiment 2 used a noncollege sample and found results parallel to Experiment 1. Experiment 3 examined the role of peer group and found Caucasians sentenced the defendant more severely when the victim was African American, but only when the defendant's peer group encouraged the attack. This research highlights the importance of examining extralegal factors within the context of hate crimes

African american · Biology and political orientation · Context (archaeology) · Criminology · Geography · Perception · Political science · Politics · Race (biology) · Sentence · Sociology · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Gender Studies · Law · Psychology · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology