Contagious Animosity in the Field: Evidence from the Federal Criminal Justice System
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We investigate whether increased animosity toward Muslims after 9/11 had spillover effects on Black and Hispanic individuals in the federal criminal justice system. Using linked administrative data tracking defendants from arrest through sentencing, we find that 9/11, sentence presentence outcomes for significantly worsened. Outcomes were unchanged. The findings are consistent with judges prosecutors displaying social preferences characterized by contagious to Hispanics. Our provide among first field evidence of animosity, indicating across out-groups interlinked malleable.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Labor Economics
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['1537-5307', '0734-306X']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1086/711180