Credibility assessments of alibi accounts: the role of cultural intergroup bias

Nir Rozmann; Galit Nahari

doi:10.1080/13218719.2021.1938274

Credibility assessments of alibi accounts: the role of cultural intergroup bias

Nir Rozmann
, Galit Nahari

Department of Criminology

Bar-Ilan University

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Abstract

Research has shown that judges and jurors are influenced by suspect ethnicity and that they might discriminate against out-group suspects in making decisions. This study examined the tendency to favor in-group members, as predicted by social identity theory, in assessing alibi credibility. Forty Israeli-Jewish and 40 Israeli-Arab participants assessed the credibility of an alibi statement provided by a suspect who was either Israeli-Jewish or Israeli-Arab. Findings show that participants were more likely to believe the alibi when it was provided by an in-group suspect than by an out-group suspect, supporting intergroup bias in alibi credibility assessments. Practical and theoretical implications are discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	535-548
Number of pages	14
Journal	Psychiatry, Psychology and Law
Volume	29
Issue number	4
Early online date	19 Jul 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/13218719.2021.1938274
State	Published - 2022

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© 2021 The Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law.

Funding

This research was supported by a grant from the Israel Science Foundation [grant number 372/14]. This paper is based on a dissertation written by the first author, submitted to Bar-Ilan University in partial fulfilment of the requirements towards the PhD degree.

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Israel Science Foundation	372/14

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SIT
alibi evaluation
credibility assessment
deception detection
intergroup bias
social identity theory

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