Identity in Court Decision-Making

Ulrika Ahrsjö (), Susan Niknami () and Mårten Palme
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Ulrika Ahrsjö: Department of Economics, Stockholm University, Postal: Department of Economics, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden, http://nek.su.se/english
Susan Niknami: Swedish Institute for Social Research, Stockholm University, Postal: SOFI, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden, http://sofi.su.se/english

No 4/2022, Working Paper Series from Stockholm University, Swedish Institute for Social Research

Abstract: We explore the role of identity along multiple dimensions in high-stakes decisionmaking. Our data contain information about demographic and socioeconomic indicators for randomly assigned jurors and defendants in a Swedish court. Our results show that defendants are 15 percent less likely to get a prison sentence if they and the jurors belong to the same identity-forming groups. Socioeconomic background and demographic attributes are at least as important, and combining several identities produces stronger effects.

Keywords: Crime (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 28 pages
Date: 2022-07-01
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