Predicting punitive attitudes to sentencing: does the public's perceptions of crime and Indigenous Australians matter?

In English-speaking western cultures the punitive attitudes towards law-breakers is well documented. The present study examines the utility of predictors of punitive attitudes with online survey data obtained from a convenience sample of 566 Australian residents. After controlling for demographic va...

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Authors: Brookman, Ruth P. (Author) ; Wiener, Karl KK (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2017
In: The Australian and New Zealand journal of criminology
Year: 2017, Volume: 50, Issue: 1, Pages: 56-77
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Keywords:
Aboriginals
Crime distrust
Crime salience
Fear of crime
Indigenous Australians
Predicting
Prejudice
Punitive attitudes
Racial–animus