... to investigate whether gay defendants might be particularly discriminated against if they are also Christian. It is also the first to test the black sheep and similarity-leniency theories in the legal context of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and Christian defendants. Discrimination against gay...

... traditional Thai Malay Muslim activities separate from Thai Buddhist practice in order to accommodate their religious beliefs. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Emerald Group Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Violence Discrimination Islamic education Terrorism Segregation...

... with a range of basic social psychological findings that ambiguity and discretion facilitate discrimination. As a prominent example, under aversive racism theory (Pearson et al., 2009), when making decisions about racial minorities, white people try to select the “correct” alternative when it is clear...

... rights only Prejudice Immigrants Discrimination Attributions Cognitive processing Sample differences Because the rate of immigration has increased steadily in the past few decades (Bureau of the Census, 2012), immigrant related issues are salient in the media and in political and social...

..., and threatening when the harasser was lesbian than when she was heterosexual. As hypothesized, female participants found more evidence of discrimination than male participants. Research limitations/implications These findings illustrate biases mock jurors may hold when making legal decisions in female-female...

... in the community engagement Pathfinder programme. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Counter‐terrorism Al‐Qaida Muslim communities Community engagement Police Preventing violent extremism Crime Community safety Discrimination Al-Qaida-influenced violent extremism, UK government...