2023
White Americans' blame attributions and empathy towards Black victims of police violence: How pejorative stereotypes ‘engulf the field’
Johnson J, Lecci L, Dovidio J. White Americans' blame attributions and empathy towards Black victims of police violence: How pejorative stereotypes ‘engulf the field’. British Journal Of Social Psychology 2023, 63: 936-955. PMID: 38131304, DOI: 10.1111/bjso.12712.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPolice violenceBlack victimsBlame attributionsCitizenship educationCriminal stereotypesWhite policemenMotivated reasoning processesRacial stereotypingViolencePejorative stereotypesBlack AmericansVictimsWhite observersBlack menVictim stereotypicalityBlack womenGreater blameStereotypesPractical implicationsBlack stereotypesStereotypical victimMTurk participantsCrimeEmpathy deficitsEmpathy
2020
Tolerating hate: Racial bias, freedom of speech, and responses to hate crimes.
Roussos G, Dovidio J. Tolerating hate: Racial bias, freedom of speech, and responses to hate crimes. 2020, 225-249. DOI: 10.1037/0000180-011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFreedom of speechCore American valuesFirst AmendmentCriminal actsLegal sanctionsU.S. ConstitutionGovernment lawsFree speechHate speechIntergroup biasAmerican valuesActsPrejudice levelsSocial valuesFreedomRacial biasSpeechPolicy implicationsFuture researchHatePotential actsSanctionsLawConstitutionCrime
2018
Hate Speech Is in the Eye of the Beholder
Roussos G, Dovidio J. Hate Speech Is in the Eye of the Beholder. Social Psychological And Personality Science 2018, 9: 176-185. DOI: 10.1177/1948550617748728.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2006
Perceptions Of Threat, National Representation, And Support For Procedures To Protect The National Group
Hodson G, Esses V, Dovidio J. Perceptions Of Threat, National Representation, And Support For Procedures To Protect The National Group. 2006, 109-130. DOI: 10.5040/9798400628306.ch-006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAmerican Psychological Association Task ForceDesensitize peopleHuman rights violationsAnti-terrorism effortsMental healthAmerican mental healthPsychic numbingRights violationsHate crimesPerceptions of threatPersonal freedomU.S. warTerror alertsPsychologistsCry wolfHelplessnessDepressionTask ForceNational reactionsTerrorismNational representationCrimeStereotypesBelligerentsFalse alarms