The influence of defendant race and mental disorder type on mock juror decision-making in insanity trials.
Defendant race
Insanity
Juror decision-making
Mental disorder
NGRI
Journal
International journal of law and psychiatry
ISSN: 1873-6386
Titre abrégé: Int J Law Psychiatry
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 7806862
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Historique:
received:
24
05
2019
revised:
11
12
2019
accepted:
15
12
2019
entrez:
9
2
2020
pubmed:
9
2
2020
medline:
13
2
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
This study examined the joint influence of defendant race (Black/White) and mental disorder type (schizophrenia/depression) on mock juror decisions in a Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity (NGRI) case. We reasoned that unwillingness to vote for insanity would be more pronounced for a Black defendant with schizophrenia, given overlapping dangerousness and criminality stereotypes associated with those groups. Online community participants (N = 216) read a fictional second-degree murder case in which we varied mental disorder type and defendant race, then provided a verdict (guilty/NGRI) and answered questions regarding the trial. In line with hypotheses, participants were significantly more likely to vote guilty for a Black defendant with schizophrenia as compared to depression, but there were no significant differences for the White defendant. Results of this study suggest that bias in insanity trials can be exacerbated for a racialized defendant.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32033700
pii: S0160-2527(19)30196-7
doi: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2019.101536
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
101536Informations de copyright
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