A comparison between Australian and US populations on attitudes to criminal behaviours

Purpose. This study compares the attitudes of American and Australian general populations on a continuum of punitive-rehabilitative attitudes toward various criminal offences, in order to test the theory of American Exceptionalism. Method. The data for the study were collected via an online survey o...

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Main Author: De Soto, William (Author)
Contributors: Wiener, Karl Kilian Konrad ; Tajalli, Hassan ; Brookman, Ruth
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2022
In: Psychology, crime & law
Year: 2022, Volume: 28, Issue: 2, Pages: 115-131
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
American Exceptionalism
US vs Australia
Rehabilitation
Fear of crime
Punitive Attitude