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  • Study: Judges as susceptible to gender bias as laypeople – and sometimes more so

    Psychology professor Andrea Miller found that judges’ rulings are sometimes influenced by their own ideas about proper male and female gender roles.

    Psychology professor Andrea Miller found that judges’ rulings are sometimes influenced by their own ideas about proper male and female gender roles.

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  • Editor’s notes:

    To reach Andrea Miller, email amiller0@illinois.edu.

    The paper “Expertise fails to attenuate gendered biases in judicial decision-making” is available online and from the U. of I. News Bureau.

    DOI: 10.1177/1948550617741181