Race and Perceived Immorality in Stereotypes of Criminal Subtypes

IF 2.5 3区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

Basic and Applied Social Psychology Pub Date : 2021-06-07 DOI:10.1080/01973533.2021.1931220

Joseph J. Avery, DongWon Oh, J. Cooper

引用次数: 4

Abstract

Abstract In past research on criminal stereotypes, individuals of different races have been stereotyped as being more likely to commit certain types of crimes. In this article, we draw on the “bad is Black” heuristic and identify a fundamental underlying dimension explaining such divergence: offenses deemed immoral were associated with Black individuals, while those deemed wrong but not necessarily immoral were associated with White individuals. Our evidence came from a data-driven method that is novel to applied legal psychological research—reverse correlation to produce classification images—and that enabled us to visualize lay persons’ criminal stereotypes. We interpreted this theoretical advance through the lens of our legal institutional context, exploring applications and implications of the finding.

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犯罪亚型刻板印象中的种族和感知不道德

在过去的犯罪刻板印象研究中，不同种族的人被认为更有可能犯下某些类型的犯罪。在这篇文章中，我们借鉴了“坏人是黑人”的启发，并确定了一个基本的潜在维度来解释这种差异:被认为不道德的罪行与黑人有关，而那些被认为是错误的但不一定不道德的行为与白人有关。我们的证据来自一种数据驱动的方法，这种方法在应用法律心理学研究中是新颖的——通过反向关联产生分类图像——这使我们能够将外行人对犯罪的刻板印象形象化。我们通过我们的法律制度背景来解释这一理论进步，探索这一发现的应用和影响。

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Basic and Applied Social Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-

CiteScore

4.50

自引率

12.50%

发文量

期刊介绍： Basic and Applied Social Psychology (BASP) emphasizes the publication of outstanding research articles, but also considers literature reviews, criticism, and methodological or theoretical statements spanning the entire range of social psychological issues. The journal will publish basic work in areas of social psychology that can be applied to societal problems, as well as direct application of social psychology to such problems. The journal provides a venue for a broad range of specialty areas, including research on legal and political issues, environmental influences on behavior, organizations, aging, medical and health-related outcomes, sexuality, education and learning, the effects of mass media, gender issues, and population problems.