Stereotypicality Biases and the Criminal Justice System

Osborne, Danny; Davies, Paul; Hutchinson, Shirley

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“…Table 1 displays the descriptive statistics and bivariate correlations for the variables included in this study. Because minorities are more likely than are majority group members to experience discrimination from the police (see Osborne et al, 2016), we predicted that Māori participants would express lower levels of trust in the police than would their ethnic majority counterparts (also see Kahn et al, 2016; Tyler & Fagan, 2006). We also expected that those of low SES would be less likely than their high SES counterparts to trust the police.…”

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“…The relationship between minority groups and the police is characterized by a long history of conflict (Osborne et al, 2016). Indeed, many minority groups report experiencing high levels of discrimination due to ethnically biased over-policing (see Tyler & Fagan, 2006; Weitzer & Tuch, 2004).…”

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“…To be clear, the discourse between the police and the public is complex, particularly when focusing on minority communities (Oliveira & Murphy, 2014). Indeed, given the long history of discrimination directed toward minorities within the criminal justice system (for a review, see Osborne, Davies, & Hutchinson, 2016), ethnic minorities tend to be less likely than ethnic majorities to trust the police (Sargeant et al, 2013). Although the boundary conditions of this association have been largely overlooked, examining the intersections between overlapping disadvantaged groups can provide key insights into the pervasive extent of marginalisation in contexts outside of policing (see Crenshaw, 1991; Dhamoon, 2011).…”

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At the Intersection of Disadvantage: Socioeconomic Status Heightens Ethnic Group Differences in Trust in the Police

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Although trust in, and cooperation with, the police is critical to effective crime prevention, the relationship between citizens and police can be tenuous, especially for ethnic minorities. However, the impact that membership in multiple marginalised groups has on attitudes toward the police has received limited attention. We address this oversight using a national probability sample of New Zealand adults ( N = 11,669) to examine how the intersection between ethnicity and socioeconomic status (SES) affects trust in, and willingness to cooperate with, the police. As hypothesised, minorities trusted the police less than did ethnic majority group members. However, ethnic group differences in trust in the police were heightened at low (vs. high) levels of SES. In turn, trust in the police mediated the relationship between minority status and willingness to cooperate with the police. These results demonstrate that (low) SES exacerbates the already fragile relationship between ethnic minorities and the police.

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“…Among the most well-established findings in psychology are the myriad effects of social stereotypes on social judgments (Stangor, 2016 for review), including judgments of criminal defendants (Osborne et al, 2017 for review). A criminal defendant’s social category membership tends to be selectively associated with specific crimes or crime types (Chiricos et al, 2020).…”

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Race/Ethnicity and Relationship Stereotypes in Child Sex Abuse Cases

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Child sex abuse (CSA) is a specific category of crime for which the presumption of guilt may be particularly high, especially for defendant categories stereotypically associated with the crime. The current study utilized survey methodology to examine the magnitude of the presumption of guilt for CSA, as well as stereotypes associating perpetrator race and relationship to the victim with likelihood of CSA. Participants ( N = 220) indicated the percentage of CSA allegations they believed to be true, and rank-ordered racial and relationship categories they believed most likely to commit CSA. Female (77%) and male (71%) participants believed most CSA allegations were true. White men and stepfathers were ranked as the most likely perpetrators compared to Hispanic men, Black men, other male relatives, neighbors, and others. These data suggest that alleged perpetrators of CSA are particularly likely to be perceived negatively, especially if they possess stereotypical racial and relational characteristics.

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Stereotypicality Biases and the Criminal Justice System

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At the Intersection of Disadvantage: Socioeconomic Status Heightens Ethnic Group Differences in Trust in the Police

At the Intersection of Disadvantage: Socioeconomic Status Heightens Ethnic Group Differences in Trust in the Police

Race/Ethnicity and Relationship Stereotypes in Child Sex Abuse Cases

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