Perceived Black Criminality and its Impact on Contributors to Wrongful Convictions in Cases of African American Men

Perceived Black Criminality and its Impact on Contributors to Wrongful Convictions in Cases of African American Men

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Main Author: Lattner, Elizabeth Jane
Language:English
Published: Ohio University / OhioLINK 2020
Subjects:
African American Studies
Criminology
Law
Social Research
Cultural Anthropology
Wrongful Convictions
Racial Threat Theory
Perceived Black Criminality
Lynchings
Online Access:http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1596562489583628
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spelling ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-ohiou15965624895836282021-08-03T07:16:12Z Perceived Black Criminality and its Impact on Contributors to Wrongful Convictions in Cases of African American Men Lattner, Elizabeth Jane African American Studies Criminology Law Social Research Cultural Anthropology Wrongful Convictions Racial Threat Theory Perceived Black Criminality Lynchings Historically, African Americans have been subjected to differential treatment under the law in many aspects, including police, prisons, and in respect to this research, wrongful convictions. An explanation of why African Americans are disproportionately represented among those wrongfully convicted is that contributors to wrongful conviction that involve perceived criminality, such as racial bias, eyewitness error and official misconduct, are more common in cases of African American exonerees. This experimental study examines the effects of perceived criminality and cultures of racial hostility on the contributors to wrongful convictions in 2,141 male exonerees. The present research aims to examine how contributors to wrongful conviction that involve perceived criminality differ between white and male exonerees, and further how those contributors differ in cases of black men in areas that have greater legacies of lynching versus areas that do not. This study attempts to expand upon previous research that has examined racial threat theory, specifically the threat of black crime hypothesis, and the impact of lynchings on the current criminal justice system. Using data from the National Registry of Exonerations and the Tuskegee Institute Archives, this quantitative study used logistic regression models to predicted the probability of experiencing the six different contributors to wrongful conviction. The results from this study indicate that official misconduct and mistaken witness identification (two contributors that involve perceived criminality) are more likely among black exonerees than white exonerees, and more so in states with greater legacies of lynching. 2020-09-23 English text Ohio University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1596562489583628 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1596562489583628 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws.
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topic African American Studies
Criminology
Law
Social Research
Cultural Anthropology
Wrongful Convictions
Racial Threat Theory
Perceived Black Criminality
Lynchings
spellingShingle African American Studies
Criminology
Law
Social Research
Cultural Anthropology
Wrongful Convictions
Racial Threat Theory
Perceived Black Criminality
Lynchings
Lattner, Elizabeth Jane
Perceived Black Criminality and its Impact on Contributors to Wrongful Convictions in Cases of African American Men
author Lattner, Elizabeth Jane
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title Perceived Black Criminality and its Impact on Contributors to Wrongful Convictions in Cases of African American Men
title_short Perceived Black Criminality and its Impact on Contributors to Wrongful Convictions in Cases of African American Men
title_full Perceived Black Criminality and its Impact on Contributors to Wrongful Convictions in Cases of African American Men
title_fullStr Perceived Black Criminality and its Impact on Contributors to Wrongful Convictions in Cases of African American Men
title_full_unstemmed Perceived Black Criminality and its Impact on Contributors to Wrongful Convictions in Cases of African American Men
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