• DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9280.2006.01716.x
Corpus ID: 15737940

Looking Deathworthy

@article{Eberhardt2006LookingD,
  title={Looking Deathworthy},
  author={J. Eberhardt and P. G. Davies and Valerie Purdie-Vaughns and S. Johnson},
  journal={Psychological Science},
  year={2006},
  volume={17},
  pages={383 - 386}
}

J. Eberhardt, P. G. Davies, +1 author S. Johnson

Published 2006

Psychology, Medicine

Psychological Science

Researchers previously have investigated the role of race in capital sentencing, and in particular, whether the race of the defendant or victim influences the likelihood of a death sentence. In the present study, we examined whether the likelihood of being sentenced to death is influenced by the degree to which a Black defendant is perceived to have a stereotypically Black appearance. Controlling for a wide array of factors, we found that in cases involving a White victim, the more… CONTINUE READING

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