RT Article
T1 Out-Group Animus and Punitiveness in Latin America
JF Crime & delinquency
VO 66
IS 8
SP 1161
OP 1189
A1 Lehmann, Peter S.
A2 Chouhy, Cecilia
A2 Gertz, Marc
A2 Singer, Alexa J.
A2 Stevens, Jessica N.
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1724811215
AB The social threat perspective anticipates that members of racial/ethnic out-groups might be perceived as socially, politically, or economically threatening; criminally inclined; and in need of social control via the criminal justice system. In light of this framework, the current study examines the influence of out-group animus on punitive sentiments in the rarely explored context of Latin America. Data from the 2012 AmericasBarometer survey collected in nine countries (N = 15,145) are analyzed, and the findings indicate that animus against foreigners, Blacks, and the Indigenous is positively associated with support for punitive measures. These results lend support for the social threat perspective and provide further evidence that this relationship might be a cultural universal in societies characterized by racial/ethnic conflict.
K1 Punitive attitudes
K1 Social threat
K1 Public opinion
K1 Comparative criminology
DO 10.1177/0011128719839354