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강사: Yoshikuni Ono

강의 주제: Group Threat and Jury Bias in Sentencing: Evidence from a Survey Experiment in Japan

일자: 2026년 06월 16일 화요일.

시간: 10:30~12:00

장소: 수선관 9층 61901호

강의 소개: Why do individuals impose harsher punishments on ethnic out-group members, and under what conditions does this bias emerge? While prior research shows intergroup bias in sentencing decisions in Western democracies, the mechanisms remain underexplored, especially in low diversity, non-Western contexts. We theorize two pathways: a punitive mechanism, driven by perceived threat from out-group offenders, and a sympathetic mechanism, driven by in-group favoritism. Using a pre-registered survey experiment with 4,000 Japanese respondents acting as jurors in a criminal vignette, we find little evidence of ethnic bias overall. However, sentences become harsher when the perpetrator is Chinese and the victim is Japanese. Further analysis shows that perceived immigrant threat—but not nationalism—moderates this effect, suggesting that judicial bias is driven more by punitive than sympathetic mechanisms. These findings shed light on the psychological foundations of punitive decision-making and show how group threat shapes punitive attitudes, even in contexts with limited ethnic diversity.

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