Research has consistently demonstrated minority youth are treated unfairly within the juvenile justice system, yet little research has explored the psychology of juvenile probation judgments and the ways they contribute to disparate treatment. This article reports on two experiments that explored the influence of participant fear on juvenile probation judgments by varying the offender's race (Black or White) and risk information across two studies which invoked fear, anger or no emotion in participants. In Study 1, fearful participants who received no risk information were more likely to recommend a control‐oriented supervision approach for a Black offender, but not a White offender. Fearful participants who received moderate risk information were not influenced by the offender's race. Study 2 increased the amount of risk information (Low, Moderate, High), such that all participants received some risk information. Participants relied on the risk information to make their decisions, and we found no biasing race or emotion effects.

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罪犯种族，风险水平和参与者情绪对少年缓刑案件判决的影响

研究一直证明少数民族少年在少年司法制度中受到不公平的对待，但很少有研究探索少年缓刑判决的心理及其对不同待遇的贡献方式。本文报告了两个实验，该实验通过改变犯罪者的种族（黑人或白人）和风险信息来探索参与者恐惧对青少年缓刑判决的影响，两项研究在参与者中引起了恐惧，愤怒或没有情绪。在研究1中，没有得到风险信息的恐惧参与者更有可能建议对黑人罪犯采用控制导向的监督方法，而对白人罪犯则不建议。恐惧的参与者获得了中等风险信息，不受犯罪者种族的影响。研究2增加了风险信息量（低，中等，高），以便所有参与者都收到一些风险信息。参与者依靠风险信息来做出决策，我们发现种族或情感上没有偏见。