Eberhardt et al Flashcards
what subsection is eberhardt look into ?
alternatives to imprisonment
what other studies are apart of this section ?
mair and may
Sherman and strang
eberhardt
what background can be used for this research ?
death penalty
where is the death penalty used ?
Singapore , japan , Taiwan and us
how many countries had abolished the death penalty by 2009
95
what are some arguments for the death penalty ?
justice
acts as a deterent
punishment to match crime
what are some arguments against the death penalty ?
some people are falsely executed
more expensive to execute than imprisonment for life
execution may not be humane e.g. injection can cause pain
what did eb look into?
looking death worthy
what was the aim of the research ?
to investigate whether there was support for the hypothesis that black offenders with stereotypically black features were more likely to get the death sentence than white offenders
what was the procedure ?
a data analysis of the database of death eligible cases in Philadelphia
what was the years they researched between ?
1979-1999
how many cases were there a black man had a killed a white guy?
44
what then happened with the offenders ?
their photographs were then shown to naïve raters who were asked to rate their facial features for stereotypical black features between 1 and 11 (11 was very stereotypical )
who were the raters ?
51 , 32white 15 Asians and others of four other ethnicities (they were not aware of guys history)
what were the stereotypical features?
lips, nose, hair type and skin tone
