RT Article
T1 Public Support for Punishment and Progressive Criminal Justice Policy Preferences: The Role of Symbolic Racism and Negative Racial Stereotype
JF American journal of criminal justice
VO 34
IS 3/4
SP 238
OP 252
A1 Buckler, Kevin
A2 Wilson, Steve
A2 Salinas, Patti Ross
LA English
YR 2009
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1764271769
AB Prior studies have found that symbolic racism and negative African-American stereotypes are linked to public preferences for punitive criminal justice policy. But prior studies have mostly focused attention on White respondents and have not adequately examined whether the effects of symbolic racism and negative African American stereotypes are the same across race and ethnicity. This study used the 2000 American National Election Study data to fill this gap in the empirical literature. The study found that the effects of symbolic racism were broad and generally impact Whites, African-Americans, and members of other races/ethnicities the same. The effects of negative African-American stereotype were more limited. This variable predicted punishment policy preference for members of other races/ethnicities and there were significant differences in how stereotypes impacted policy preferences across race and ethnicity. Implications for theory are discussed.
K1 Crime Policy
K1 Public Opinion
K1 Internalized racism
K1 Resource competition
K1 Stereotypes
K1 Symbolic racism
DO 10.1007/s12103-008-9056-9