The purpose of the current study was to explore how an incarcerated person's race/ethnicity, mental health status, and the type of conversion/lifestyle change experienced in prison would impact a mock parole board member's decisions, perceptions, and emotional reactions. A total of 720 MTurk participants were randomly assigned to read a case file summary of an incarcerated person that varied by his race/ethnicity (White/Black/Arab/Latino), mental health status (no mental health issues/diagnosed with schizophrenia), and the type of conversion/lifestyle change experienced while in prison (Christianity/Islam/atheism/secularism). Participants then responded to items relating to their decision to grant or deny parole, recidivism and rehabilitation, and their perceptions and emotional reactions toward the incarcerated person. It was found that when the incarcerated person converted to Christianity or had a secular lifestyle change, he was perceived more positively than when he converted to atheism. Also, he was perceived more positively if he had no mental illness rather than being diagnosed with schizophrenia. Participants also felt more empathy toward the incarcerated person when he was Black rather than Latino. These factors did impact the perceptions and emotional reactions of mock parole board members.

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影响模拟假释委员会成员的因素：被监禁者的种族/民族、在狱期间的转变以及心理健康状况的影响

本研究的目的是探讨被监禁者的种族/民族、心理健康状况以及在监狱中经历的转变/生活方式改变的类型将如何影响模拟假释委员会成员的决定、看法和情绪反应。共有 720 名 MTurk 参与者被随机分配阅读因种族/民族（白人/黑人/阿拉伯人/拉丁裔）、心理健康状况（无心理健康问题/被诊断患有精神分裂症）而异的被监禁者的病例档案摘要，以及在监狱中经历的皈依/生活方式改变的类型（基督教/伊斯兰教/无神论/世俗主义）。然后，参与者回应了与他们决定给予或拒绝假释、累犯和康复有关的项目，以及他们对被监禁者的看法和情绪反应。结果发现，当被监禁的人皈依基督教或改变世俗生活方式时，他被认为比皈依无神论时更积极。此外，如果他没有精神疾病而不是被诊断出患有精神分裂症，他会被认为更积极。当他是黑人而不是拉丁裔时，参与者也对被监禁的人产生了更多的同情。这些因素确实影响了假释委员会成员的看法和情绪反应。当他是黑人而不是拉丁裔时，参与者也对被监禁的人产生了更多的同情。这些因素确实影响了假释委员会成员的看法和情绪反应。当他是黑人而不是拉丁裔时，参与者也对被监禁的人产生了更多的同情。这些因素确实影响了假释委员会成员的看法和情绪反应。