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NOBODYS FAULT BUT YOUR OWN - The role of Meritocracy in Legal Decisions towards low status group members
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Crime Stereotypicality and Severity Database (CriSSD): Subjective norms for 63 crimes
Publication . Freitas, Gonçalo; Miranda, Mariana P.; Costa-Lopes, Rui
The existence of crime-related racial stereotypes has been well documented. People tend to associate certain groups with
specifc crimes, which, in turn, impacts criminal-sentencing decisions through the perceptions of crime severity. This evidence calls for regular updating of rating norms combining these variables. With this objective, and given that most of the
normative studies provide norms for a small number of crimes and/or with an insufcient number of participants, a new
norming study was conducted. Furthermore, norms from European countries are absent, and the existing ones (mostly with
USA-based populations) do not simultaneously examine crime stereotypicality and crime severity. The Crime Stereotypicality
and Severity Database (CriSSD) presents normative ratings for a set of 63 crimes on three dimensions: White stereotypicality, Black stereotypicality, and crime severity. The crimes were selected according to a comprehensive procedure. A total of
340 Portuguese participants (72.6% female; Mage=26.86, SD=7.65) answered an online survey. Each crime was evaluated
by a range of 46–60 participants. Data allowed us to identify a crime typology with three clusters. We present descriptive
data (means, standard deviations, and 95% confdence intervals) for each crime. Crime evaluations were associated with
sociodemographic characteristics. Additionally, this study gives input regarding the understudied link between crime stereotypes and crime severity, showing that crime severity is predicted by ratings of both Black and White stereotypicality. The
CriSSD (available at osf.io/gkbrm) provides a valuable resource for researchers in the feld of social psychology to conduct
studies with controlled materials on potential disparities in criminal-sentencing decisions.
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
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3599-PPCDT
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PTDC/PSI-GER/28765/2017