More than 53 million people come in contact with police each year, with people of color and those with mental illness (MI) being subjected to increased rates of contact. Sometimes police and civilian interactions have fatal outcomes, and these populations are disproportionately affected. As a result, families of these victims sometimes seek monetary compensation through civil litigation. The current study sought to understand how victim race and mental illness might impact civil juror decision-making in deadly police use of force cases. Participants (N = 177) were exposed to trial evidence and were assessed on a number of dimensions. Results display a strong influence of mock jurors' attitudes toward police legitimacy on compensatory damages, as well as interaction effects between attitudes toward police legitimacy and victim race on punitive damage awards and opinions on what professional consequences the involved police officer should face. Implications and future directions are discussed.

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民事陪审员赔偿和警察在种族和精神疾病交叉处使用武力的判决

每年有超过 5300 万人与警察接触，有色人种和患有精神疾病 (MI) 的人的接触率增加。有时警察和平民的互动会产生致命的后果，这些人群受到的影响尤其严重。因此，这些受害者的家属有时会通过民事诉讼寻求金钱赔偿。目前的研究旨在了解受害者种族和精神疾病如何影响民事陪审员在致命的警察使用武力案件中的决策。参与者（N = 177) 暴露于试验证据并在多个方面进行了评估。结果显示，模拟陪审员对警察合法性的态度对补偿性损害赔偿的强烈影响，以及对警察合法性的态度与受害者种族对惩罚性赔偿裁决的交互作用，以及对涉案警官应面对的职业后果的看法。讨论了影响和未来的方向。