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Racial disparities in capital sentencing : prejudice and discrimination in the jury room /

Flexon presents an interdisciplinary perspective to the problem of racial disparities in capital case outcomes. In doing so, research from social and cognitive psychology concerning stereotypes and attitude influence were bridged with other empirical findings concerning racial disparities in capital...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Flexon, Jamie L., 1972-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2012.
Colección:Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Flexon presents an interdisciplinary perspective to the problem of racial disparities in capital case outcomes. In doing so, research from social and cognitive psychology concerning stereotypes and attitude influence were bridged with other empirical findings concerning racial disparities in capital sentencing. Specifically, the psychology of stereotypes and attitudes are used to help explain how racial discrimination can operate undetected among death qualified jurors while producing sentencing discrepancies. The introduction of a potential source of bias information concerning criminal justi.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xv, 159 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781593325114
1593325118
1593324855
9781593324858