Doctoral Dissertation Research: Guilty Stereotypes: The Social Psychology of Race and Suspicion in Police Interrogations

博士论文研究：有罪刻板印象：警察审讯中种族和怀疑的社会心理学

• 批准号: 1061415
• 负责人: Maria Hartwig
• 金额: $ 0.93万
• 依托单位: CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-02-01 至 2014-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1061415&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Guilty; Stereotypes

Prior research notes that police officers often rely on nonverbal behavior, such as gaze aversion and fidgeting, to detect deception. These behaviors, however, have been shown in studies to not be reliable indicators of deception. Rather, they are indicators of anxiety. Other than guilt, there are many reasons why a suspect may be nervous when talking to the police. One often overlooked reason is the race of the subject since prior research shows that being stereotyped is an anxiety provoking process. The current project uses three studies to test the present police reliance on cues to anxiety when assessing the credibility of a suspect.This line of research seeks to expand the research on the role of race in interviewing and interrogation. As such, the results will inform practitioners in the legal system.

先前的研究指出，警察经常依靠非语言行为，如厌恶凝视和坐立不安，来检测欺骗。然而，研究表明，这些行为并不是欺骗的可靠指标。相反，它们是焦虑的指标。除了内疚之外，嫌疑犯在和警察谈话时可能会紧张还有很多原因。一个经常被忽视的原因是受试者的种族，因为之前的研究表明，被定型是一个引发焦虑的过程。目前的项目使用三项研究来测试目前警察在评估嫌疑人可信度时对焦虑线索的依赖。这条研究路线旨在扩大对种族在面试和审讯中的作用的研究。因此，结果将告知法律系统的从业人员。