A test of gender–crime congruency on mock juror decision-making

The purpose of this study was to investigate whether jurors would be biased in favor of guilt when a defendant’s gender was congruent with stereotypes associated with certain crimes (i.e. a gender–crime congruency effect) and the role of juror gender in informing such an effect. A gender balanced sa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Evelyn M. Maeder, Laura A. McManus, Susan Yamamoto, Kendra McLaughlin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2018-12-01
Series:Cogent Psychology
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311908.2018.1461543