Racial Justice in the Criminal Justice and Legal Systems

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Introduction

• Racial Justice in Psycholegal Research and Forensic Psychology Practice: Current Advances and a Framework for Future Progress
  Jennifer S. Hunt and Stephane M. Shepherd

Racial Biases in Policing

• Community Crime, Poverty, and Proportion of Black Residents Influence Police Descriptions of Adolescents
  Rebecca L. Fix, Jeffrey Aaron, and Sheldon Greenberg
• Potential Causes of Racial Disparities in Wrongful Convictions Based on Mistaken Identifications: Own-Race Bias and Differences in Evidence-Based Suspicion
  Jacqueline Katzman and Margaret Bull Kovera

Public Views of the Police and Use of Force

• Examining the Consequences of Dehumanization and Adultification in Justification of Police Use of Force Against Black Girls and Boys
  Jennifer T. Perillo, Rochelle B. Sykes, Sean A. Bennett, and Margaret C. Reardon
• The Influence of Race on Jurors’ Perceptions of Lethal Police Use of Force
  Logan Ewanation and Evelyn M. Maeder
• Centering Race in Procedural Justice Theory: Structural Racism and the Under- and Overpolicing of Black Communities
  Jonathan Jackson, Tasseli McKay, Leonidas Cheliotis, Ben Bradford, Adam Fine, and Rick Trinkner
• Racial Differences in Legal Socialization Models Across Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood
  Lindsey M. Cole, Elizabeth A. Moschella-Smith, Paul J. Hennigan, Cesar J. Rebellon, Karen T. Van Gundy, and Ellen S. Cohn

Expanding Research on Racial Bias in Lay Judgments

• The Role of Social Desirability and Establishing Nonracist Credentials on Mock Juror Decisions About Black Defendants
  Jessica M. Salerno, Kylie Kulak, Laura Smalarz, Rose E. Eerdmans, Megan L. Lawrence, and Tramanh Dao
• Counterintuitive Race Effects in Legal and Nonlegal Contexts
  Laura Smalarz, Rose E. Eerdmans, Megan L. Lawrence, Kylie Kulak, and Jessica M. Salerno
• The Stigma of Wrongful Conviction Differs for White and Black Exonerees
  Lakia Faison, Laura Smalarz, Stephanie Madon, and Kimberley A. Clow
• Racial Bias in Jury Selection Hurts Mock Jurors, Not Just Defendants: Testing One Potential Intervention
  Kate Abramowitz and Amy Bradfield Douglass

Understanding Disparities in Sentencing and Corrections

• Does “Jamal” Receive a Harsher Sentence Than “James”? First-Name Bias in the Criminal Sentencing of Black Men
  Dushiyanthini (Toni) Kenthirarajah, Nicholas P. Camp, Gregory M. Walton, Aaron C. Kay, and Geoffrey L. Cohen
• The Eye of the Beholder: Increased Likelihood of Prison Sentences for People Perceived to Have Hispanic Ethnicity
  Erik J. Girvan and Heather Marek
• The Trial Tax and the Intersection of Race/Ethnicity, Gender, and Age in Criminal Court Sentencing
  Peter S. Lehmann
• A Test for Implicit Bias in Discretionary Criminal Justice Decisions
  Jessica Saunders and Greg Midgette

Improving Forensic Psychology Practice

• An Uncomfortable Tension: Reconciling the Principles of Forensic Psychology and Cultural Competency
  Jude Bergkamp, Katharine A. McIntyre, and Magen Hauser
• Taking the Next Step in Miranda Evaluations: Considering Racial Trauma and the Impact of Prior Police Contact
  Antoinette Kavanaugh, Victoria Pietruszka, Danielle Rynczak, and Dinisha Blanding
• Racial, Ethnic, and Sex Differences in Psychiatric Diagnosis, Mental Health Sequelae, and VHA Service Utilization Among Justice-Involved Veterans
  Alisha Desai, Ryan Holliday, and Lauren M. Borges
• Predictive Accuracy of Static-99R Across Different Racial/Ethnic Groups: A Meta-Analysis
  Simran Ahmed, Seung C. Lee, and L. Maaike Helmus
• Adapting Assessment Processes to Consider Cultural Mistrust in Forensic Practices: An Example With the MMPI Instruments
  Janelle N. Dixon, Tonneka M. Caddell, Apryl A. Alexander, Danielle Burchett, Jaime L. Anderson, Ryan J. Marek, and David M. Glassmire