Rozmann Nir
Department of Criminology, Western Galilee College, Acre, Israel.
Psychiatr Psychol Law. 2024 Mar 11;32(2):266-275. doi: 10.1080/13218719.2023.2296485. eCollection 2025.
Research has revealed that ethnicity has a significant influence on police officers, potentially leading to discriminatory practices against suspects from different ethnic backgrounds. This study aimed to investigate the inclination to favor members of one's own social group, as proposed by social identity theory, when evaluating the credibility of alibi statements by Israeli police officers. The research involved 205 police officers who evaluated the credibility of alibi statements provided by suspects belonging to either the Israeli-Jewish or Israeli-Arab ethnic groups. The findings indicate that police officers were more inclined to believe the alibi when it was presented by a suspect from their own social group, thus supporting the presence of intergroup bias in assessments of alibi credibility. The implications of these findings, both practical and theoretical, are discussed.
研究表明，种族对警察有重大影响，这可能导致对来自不同种族背景的嫌疑人采取歧视性做法。本研究旨在调查以色列警察在评估不在场证明陈述的可信度时，是否如社会认同理论所提出的那样，倾向于偏袒自己社会群体的成员。该研究涉及205名警察，他们评估了属于以色列犹太或以色列阿拉伯种族群体的嫌疑人提供的不在场证明陈述的可信度。研究结果表明，当不在场证明由来自警察自己社会群体的嫌疑人提出时，警察更倾向于相信，从而支持了在不在场证明可信度评估中存在群体间偏见的观点。讨论了这些发现的实际和理论意义。
