Author Question: Results from a variety of studies indicate that ________ in the legal system is often corrected for ... (Read 37 times)

j.rubin · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Results from a variety of studies indicate that ________ in the legal system is often corrected for by ________.

a) racial bias; jury deliberation
b) gender bias; harsher sentences
c) prosecutorial misconduct; racial differences
d) optimistic bias; lighter sentencing

Question 2

Bothwell et al. (2006) conducted research examining racial bias in jury decision making. The results show that ________.

a) racial biases existed for private judgments but not after deliberation
b) racial biases existed only after the jury deliberated
c) there is no racial bias involved in judgments of sexual harassment
d) there was bias such that privately and after deliberation white victims received more compensation