Perp Walks and Prejudice
Description
This study is a qualitative analysis that makes use of Rick Williams’ Personal Impact Assessment (PIA) to gauge the feelings, narratives, and intuitions that people receive when they view photographs of criminal defendants being made to do a “perp walk.” Participants gave their impressions, which were then categorized and analyzed, along with other statements that they made during an interview outside of the PIA. This study attempted to understand better the received messages of the common media practice of spreading images of perp walks.
Date Created
The date the item was original created (prior to any relationship with the ASU Digital Repositories.)
2020-05
Agent
- Author (aut): Witt, Corbin
- Thesis director: Edson, Belle
- Committee member: Beienburg, Sean
- Contributor (ctb): Hugh Downs School of Human Communication
- Contributor (ctb): Barrett, The Honors College