Arab Threat and Social Control: an Exploration of the Relationship Between Ethnic Attitudes and Punitiveness Among Israeli Jews

Numerous studies in the United States, as well as a smaller number of studies in other Westernized countries, have linked racial and ethnic attitudes to support for more punitive forms of crime control. The current study explores this relationship in Israel by assessing whether the degree to which I...

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Authors: Metcalfe, Christi (Author) ; Cann, Deanna (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2020
In: International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
Year: 2019, Volume: 64, Issue: 5, Pages: 498-521
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Keywords:
Ethnic typification
Ethnic resentment
Ethnic threat
Punitive attitudes
Israel
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Summary:Numerous studies in the United States, as well as a smaller number of studies in other Westernized countries, have linked racial and ethnic attitudes to support for more punitive forms of crime control. The current study explores this relationship in Israel by assessing whether the degree to which Israeli Jews typify crime as an Israeli Arab phenomenon and/or resent Israeli Arabs is related to support for punitive criminal justice policies. The findings suggest that ethnic typification and resentment are related to general punitive attitudes, whereas ethnic apathy and resentment are related to greater support for the death penalty. Also, the relationship between ethnic typification and punitiveness is stronger among those who are less resentful.
ISSN:1552-6933
DOI:10.1177/0306624X19895973