Citation

Eisenman R. Psychol. Rep. 1994; 74(3): 1049-1050.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA 70609-1895.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1994, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8058846

Abstract

110 students in a southern university were asked to write down whether they considered Mike Tyson guilty or innocent of rape of the beauty contestant for which he was convicted. Ten had no opinion, but of those who did, 80 thought him innocent and only 20 thought him guilty. Then, after seeing the film "Mike Tyson: The Movie" which showed his background as a juvenile delinquent and mentioned his problems with women, the only students who changed judgments from innocent to guilty were 25 white women. All male students and all 15 black students continued to consider him innocent.

Language: en