Do judges make decisions that are truly impartial? A wide range of experimental and field
studies reveal that several extralegal factors influence judicial decision making …

This chapter reviews empirical studies of criminal punishment and the criminal justice
system by economists. Since the modern exposition of the economic model of criminal …

Since the passage of the Civil Rights Act, virtually all companies have antidiscrimination
policies in place. Although these policies represent some progress, women and minorities …

This article uses a natural experiment to analyze whether incarceration during the pretrial
period affects case outcomes. In Philadelphia, defendants randomly receive bail magistrates …

Given the substantial and growxing scientific literature on implicit bias, the time has now
come to confront a critical question: What,{anything, should we do about implicit bias in the …

This volume focuses on two questions: why do people from one social group oppress and
discriminate against people from other groups? and why is this oppression so mind …

This fourth edition of Racist America is significantly revised and updated, with an eye toward
racism issues arising regularly in our contemporary era. This edition incorporates many …

A change in the audition procedures of symphony orchestras—adoption of “blind” auditions
with a “screen” to conceal the candidate's identity from the jury—provides a test for sex …

This paper provides an overview of United States-based research on the ways in which
racism can affect mental health. It describes changes in racial attitudes over time, the …

The social science literature contains numerous examples of human tribalism and
parochialism—the tendency to categorize individuals on the basis of their group …