The effect of reading prisoner poetry on stigma and public attitudes: results from a multigroup survey experiment

We examine how public attitudes toward currently/formerly incarcerated people and their reentry into society are affected by consuming information about imprisoned people. Over 1,500 respondents from a national online survey were randomly assigned one of five sources of written information about cur...

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1. VerfasserIn: Dum, Christopher P. (VerfasserIn)
Beteiligte: Socia, Kelly M. ; George, Bengt ; Neiderman, Halle M.
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2022
In: The prison journal
Jahr: 2022, Band: 102, Heft: 1, Seiten: 2-24
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Narrative humanization
Prison
Public Opinion
Reentry
Stigma
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Zusammenfassung:We examine how public attitudes toward currently/formerly incarcerated people and their reentry into society are affected by consuming information about imprisoned people. Over 1,500 respondents from a national online survey were randomly assigned one of five sources of written information about currently and formerly incarcerated people (CFIP) (three informative pieces and two sets of incarceree poetry). They then reported their views toward them and support for reentry policies. While no differences in support for reentry initiatives across conditions were uncovered, those reading poetry with a humanizing theme applied the least amount of stigma toward currently/formerly incarcerated people.
ISSN:1552-7522
DOI:10.1177/00328855211069127