PSY 221 - Criminal & Procedural Justice

Misinformation Effect

witnessing an event, receiving misinformation about it, and then incorporating the “misinformation” into one’s memory

Own-Race Bias

people are better at recognizing faces of their own race

Weapon Focus

presence of gun impairs eyewitness’ ability to accurately identify a perpetrator’s face

Coerced-Compliant

person knows they are not guilty, but confesses to receive a promised reward or avoid adverse penalty

Coerced-Internalized

innocent suspect induced to believe (sometimes temporarily) that they are guilty

System-Justification

people seek to defend, bolster, and justify existing social, economic, political, and corporate institutions and arrangements

Principle-Implementation Gap (Dixon et al., 2017)

among privileged and powerful groups, often a sizeable “gap” between support for the principle of equality and support for policies that would achieve implementation

Procedural Justice

perceived fairness of procedures, processes, or methods for determining allocation of resources

Distributive Justice

perceived fairness of outcomes or resources received

Fair Process Effect

receiving info that suggests fair process/procedures first, biases people in favor of unequal outcomes