Description
Practice of judges ascribing to an individual specific attributes, characteristics or roles on the sole basis of her or his membership of a particular social group.
Additional notes and information
It also refers to the practice of judges perpetuating harmful stereotypes through their failure to challenge stereotyping.
Sources
Cusack, S. (2014). Eliminating Judicial Stereotyping − Equal Access for Justice to Women in Gender-Based Violence Cases. Final paper submitted to the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.