Abstract
The effects of defendant race, type of crime, and strength of evidence on the perception and evaluation of criminal offenses were examined. Consistent with past research, defendants accused of race stereotypic crimes were more likely to be perceived as guilty and as more typical offenders than were defendants accused of race nonstereotypic crimes. The strength of evidence supplied to subjects did moderate the interaction between defendant race and type of crime on some of the punishment items. These findings and their implications for future related research are discussed.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 734-749 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Journal | Journal of Applied Social Psychology |
Volume | 23 |
Issue number | 9 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 1993 |
Externally published | Yes |