Common wisdom seems to suggest that racial bias, defined as disparate treatment of
minority defendants, exists in jury decision-making, with Black defendants being treated …

This paper reviews studies exploring the effects of a variety of factors on participants'
judgments of hypothetical depictions of rape within an experimental setting. The focus is on …

Two information-processing mechanisms that could potentially contribute to judgmental
discrimination against the members of stereotyped social groups were examined in 2 …

The purposes of this study were to assess (a) the extent of attrition in the processing of
sexual assault cases in the legal systems,(b) factors associated with attrition at various …

This book examines two kinds of research, research in social psychology and in clinical
psychology, into the effects of physical appearance on person perception. Both are explored …

Several years ago Coleman (1981) reported that in 1979 one of the many in ternational
cosmetics companies had an annual sales figure of $2. 38 billion, nearly 1. 25 million sales …

Abstract Developed the Rape Empathy Scale (RES), which measures empathy toward the
rape victim and the rapist in a heterosexual rape situation. Reliability was assessed with 255 …

Stereotypes about Black sexuality fostered hypotheses that racial factors and racism
influence rape victim blaming. Predominantly White and Asian college students (170 men …

Gail Lewis Daniels, the only African-American on a Georgia capital jury that sentenced
William Henry Hance, a black defendant, to death in 1984, later said she never voted for …

This innovative book looks at popular perceptions of sexual violence and asks such key
questions as: How is rape'defined? Who is responsible for sexual assault? How can rape be …