TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - The effects of ethnicity, SES, and crime status on juror decision making a cross-cultural examination of euopean American and Mexican American mock jurors
JO  - Hispanic journal of behavioral sciences
A1  - Esqueda, Cynthia Willis
A1  - Espinoza, Russ K. E.
A1  - Culhane, Scott E.
SP  - 181
EP  - 199
VL  - 30
IS  - 2
N2  - In two studies, a defendant's ethnicity, socioeconomic status (SES), and crime status were varied for effects on verdict decisions, sentencing recommendations, culpability assignments, and trait assessments. In Study 1, European Americans (N = 221) provided a low SES Mexican American defendant with more guilt verdicts, a lengthier sentence, and higher culpability ratings, compared to a high SES Mexican American or a European American defendant, regardless of crime status. Higher negative trait ratings occurred for a low SES Mexican American who committed a low status crime. In Study 2, Mexican Americans (N = 136) showed no differences for guilt verdicts, recommended sentence, or culpability assignment. These findings demonstrate that European American bias toward Mexican Americans may operate in all phases of the legal process, and future research should address specific contexts where bias applies.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0739-9863
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0739986308315319
ID  - ref1
ER  -