Convicting the Innocent or Freeing the Guilty? Public Attitudes Toward Criminal Justice Errors

Two types of judicial errors—convicting an innocent person or acquitting a guilty person—challenge the integrity and legitimacy of criminal justice. How citizens view these errors plays an important role in criminal justice policy. Utilizing data from a national survey, this study applies the establ...

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Main Author: Zhuo, Yue (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2021
In: International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
Year: 2021, Volume: 65, Issue: 4, Pages: 458-479
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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