A call to dismantle systemic racism in criminal legal systems.

CJ Najdowski, MC Stevenson - Law and Human Behavior, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
Objectives: In October 2021, the American Psychological Association (APA) passed a
resolution addressing ways psychologists could work to dismantle systemic racism in …

The Contributions of Social/Organizational Psychology to Policing

TR Tyler - Organizational Psychology Review, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
This article reviews the contributions of social/organizational psychology to social reform in
the area of law and legal institutions. Social/organizational psychology provides theoretical …

The power of prosecutors

J Bellin - NYUL Rev., 2019 - HeinOnline
-Erik Luna & Marianne Wade, 20101 Compelling assertions about prosecutorial dominance
leap off the pages of the criminal justice literature. 2 These statements position prosecutors …

The roles of suspensions for minor infractions and school climate in predicting academic performance among adolescents.

J Del Toro, MT Wang - American Psychologist, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
African American adolescents are grossly overrepresented in rates of school suspensions
for minor disciplinary infractions; however, the consequences associated with this …

Beyond “heartfelt condolences”: A critical take on mainstream psychology's responses to anti-Black police brutality.

L Bowleg, CA Boone, SL Holt… - American …, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
Anti-Black police brutality in the United States is not a new problem, but at least a 400-year
old one. Mainstream psychology has responded to this critical racial and social justice issue …

What can experimental studies of bias tell us about real-world group disparities?

J Cesario - Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2022 - cambridge.org
This article questions the widespread use of experimental social psychology to understand
real-world group disparities. Standard experimental practice is to design studies in which …

Proactive control of implicit bias: A theoretical model and implications for behavior change.

DM Amodio, JK Swencionis - Journal of Personality and Social …, 2018 - psycnet.apa.org
Four experiments examined the effect of proactive control on expressions of implicit racial
bias. Whereas reactive control is engaged in response to a biasing influence (eg, a …

Predicting bad policing: Theorizing burdensome and racially disparate policing through the lenses of social psychology and routine activities

PA Goff, H Rau - The ANNALS of the American Academy of …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Despite an increase in research relating to racial disparities in policing—particularly in the
area of deadly force—there have been comparatively few attempts to theorize which factors …

Seeing no pain: Assessing the generalizability of racial bias in pain perception.

P Mende-Siedlecki, J Lin, S Ferron, C Gibbons, A Drain… - Emotion, 2021 - psycnet.apa.org
Racial disparities in pain care may stem, in part, from perceptual roots. It remains
unresolved, however, whether this perceptual gap is driven by general deficits in intergroup …

Creating a public psychology through a scientist-practitioner-advocate training model.

JR Miles, RE Fassinger - American Psychologist, 2021 - psycnet.apa.org
Persistent racist violence, health and economic disparities, and a divisive sociopolitical
climate in the United States obviate the urgent need to address pressing social issues …