APS

2023 APS Annual Convention · 2023

Are Perceptions of Criminality Biased? the Roles of Name Popularity and Socioeconomic Status

Washington, DC · May 2023

Poster · Social

  • Kirsi Michael
    University of Louisiana at Lafayette
  • Brooke Breaux
    University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Abstract

Are people with unpopular first names and people with lower socioeconomic status perceived by others as more likely to have committed a crime than people with popular first names and people with higher socioeconomic status? Such biases would potentially impact the criminal justice system and convictions in court.

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