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- Title
Effects of Sex and Race of Perpetrator and Method of Killing on Outcome Judgments in a Mock Filicide Case.
- Authors
Dunn, Kerri F.; Cowan, Gloria; Downs, Daniel
- Abstract
The present study examined college student mock jurors' judgments of legal insanity, outcome severity, and death-penalty decisions in a filicide case. The sex and race of perpetrator (Black or White) and method of killing (shooting or smothering) were varied in a between-subjects design. A 3-way interaction was found for outcome severity, supporting Jones & Davis' (1965) attributional principle of stronger dispositional attributions for unexpected behaviors. As predicted, White women were judged more severely when they used a gun compared to when they smothered, whereas White men were judged more severely when they smothered compared to when they used a gun. The most severe judgments were made for Black male perpetrators who used a gun. Results are discussed in terms of sex and racial stereotypes.
- Subjects
MOCK trials; FILICIDE; SEXUAL ethics; RACISM; COLLEGE students; CAPITAL punishment; SERVICES for jurors; INFANTICIDE -- Law &; legislation
- Publication
Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 2006, Vol 36, Issue 10, p2395
- ISSN
0021-9029
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.0021-9029.2006.00109.x