TY - JOUR
T1 - Sounding guilty
T2 - How accent bias affects juror judgments of culpability
AU - Cantone, Jason A.
AU - Martinez, Leslie N.
AU - Willis-Esqueda, Cynthia
AU - Miller, Taija
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, © 2019 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2019/7/3
Y1 - 2019/7/3
N2 - Black Americans and Mexican Americans have faced continued cultural stereotypes, as well as more punitive outcomes, within the judicial system. Very little research has explored whether minority defendants with stereotypical accents face additional discrimination. The current study investigated the role of race and accent bias on juror decisions for Black, Mexican American, or White defendants in a negligence case. Results indicated that while Black and Mexican American defendants were found more negligent than White defendants, Black defendants were judged more negatively than White and Mexican American defendants, especially when the Black defendant had a stereotypical accent. The results offer important legal considerations that attorneys must make when deciding whether or not to recommend that the defendant testify.
AB - Black Americans and Mexican Americans have faced continued cultural stereotypes, as well as more punitive outcomes, within the judicial system. Very little research has explored whether minority defendants with stereotypical accents face additional discrimination. The current study investigated the role of race and accent bias on juror decisions for Black, Mexican American, or White defendants in a negligence case. Results indicated that while Black and Mexican American defendants were found more negligent than White defendants, Black defendants were judged more negatively than White and Mexican American defendants, especially when the Black defendant had a stereotypical accent. The results offer important legal considerations that attorneys must make when deciding whether or not to recommend that the defendant testify.
KW - Accent
KW - courts
KW - legal discrimination
KW - race
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U2 - 10.1080/15377938.2019.1623963
DO - 10.1080/15377938.2019.1623963
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85067855930
SN - 1537-7938
VL - 17
SP - 228
EP - 253
JO - Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice
JF - Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice
IS - 3
ER -