Social Consciousness in Legal Decision Making

Abstract

Introduction Chapter 1: Law and Everyday Decision-Making: Rational, Descriptive, and Normative Models Richard L. Wiener, University of Nebraska at Lincoln Unit I. Investigative Profiling: Legal Developments and Empirical Research Chapter 2: The Rhetoric of Racial Profiling Sam R. Gross, University of Michigan Chapter 3: Racial Profiling, Attributions of Motive, and the Acceptance of Social Authority Tom R. Tyler, New York University Chapter 4: Analysis Racial Profiling as a Minority Issue Cynthia Willis-Esqueda, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Unit II. Affirmative Action: Legal Developments and Empirical Research Chapter 5: Affirmative Action and the Courts: From Plessy to Brown to Grutter, And Back? Mark R. Killenbeck, University of Arkansas Chapter 6: The University of Michigan Cases: Social Scientific Studies of Diversity and Fairness Faye J. Crosby, University of California, Santa Cruz Amy E. Smith, San Francisco State University Chapter 7: Social Science in the Courts: The View from Michigan Steven L. Willborn, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Unit III. Workplace Discrimination: Legal Developments and Empirical Research in Sexual Harassment Chapter 8: How can we make our research on sexual harassment more useful in legal decision- making? Barbara A. Guteks, University of Arizona Chapter 9: Totality of Circumstances in Sexual Harassment Decisions: A Decision Making Model Richard L. Wiener, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Ryan J. Winter, Florida International University Chapter 10: What Can Researchers Tell the Courts, and What Can the Courts Tell Researchers about Sexual Harassment? Brian H. Bornstein, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Meera Adya, Syracuse University Unit IV. Hate Speech and Hate Crimes: Legal Developments and Empirical Research Chapter 11: The Hate Crime Project and its Limitations: Evaluating the Societal Gains and Risk in Bias Crime Law Enforcement Frederick M. Lawrence, George Washington University Chapter 12: Implications of automatic and controlled processes in stereotyping for hate crime perpetration and litigation Margaret Bull Kovera, John Jay College of Criminal Justice Chapter 13: Implicit Bias and Hate Crimes: A Psychological Framework and Critical Race Theory Analysis Jennifer S. Hunt, University of Nebraska at Lincoln Chapter 14: Psychology and Legal Decision Making: Where Should We Go From Here?Erin M. Richter, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Richard L. Wiener, University of Nebraska-Lincoln