The influence of criminal facial stereotypes on juridic judgments
(2006) Schweizerische zeitschrift für psychologie — Vol. 65, n° 4, p. 237-244 (2006)
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- In order to further research into the influence of facial stereotypes on juridic judgments, we investigated the influence of face/offence congruency on such judgments, taking into account the strength of the case against the defendant and the maturity and attractiveness attributes of the defendant's face. Each participant (N = 169) read a fictitious case file that: (1) established the defendant's guilt with either a high degree of ambiguity or with a low degree of ambiguity; (2) included a photo of the defendant that was congruent with the offence or not congruent with the offence. Participants were asked to evaluate the defendant's guilt (in a dichotomous manner and on a continuous scale), to state their degree of confidence in their decision, to recommend a sentence, and to rate the attractiveness and maturity of the defendant's face. The results show that participants' judgments were affected by face/offence congruency and that this influence was not dependent on the ambiguity of the case or on the maturity or attractiveness of the face.
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Dumas, R., & Testé, B. (2006). The influence of criminal facial stereotypes on juridic judgments. Schweizerische zeitschrift für psychologie, 65(4), 237-244. https://doi.org/10.1024/1421-0185.65.4.237 (Original work published 2006)