Ethnicity and gender biases in the courtroom

• The chapter provides a review of the social psychological literature on ethnicity- and gender-based prejudice and discrimination in the legal system. The review begins with an overview of the international research on ethnic and racial discrimination, focusing on the mechanisms behind biases and the conditions during which they occur. The chapter then focus more closely on findings from the Nordic countries with regard to these phenomena.

Subject headings

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Psykologi (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Psychology (hsv//eng)

Keyword

group-based biases

ethnicity

gender

legal system

Psychology

Psykologi

Psychology

psykologi

Publication and Content Type

vet (subject category)

kap (subject category)