RT Article
T1 Predicting support for community corrections: Crime type and severity, and offender, observer, and victim characteristics
JF Punishment & society
VO 24
IS 3
SP 346
OP 366
A1 Levy, Inna
A1 Cohen-Louck, Keren
A1 Herzog, Sergio
A2 Cohen-Louck, Keren
A2 Herzog, Sergio
LA English
YR 2022
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1805597175
AB The aim of the current research was to examine the contribution of crime type and severity as well as offender, observer, and victim characteristics to prediction of perception of community correction (CC) as an appropriate punishment. We conducted a telephone survey among Israeli citizens. A random and representative sample of 573 respondents, aged 20 to 74, evaluated the seriousness of crime scenarios and the appropriateness of CC for each scenario. In different versions of crime scenarios, we manipulated offence type as well as offender and victim characteristics. The results of a logistic regression indicate that perceived lower crime severity, a crime that is not murder, older offender age, and being a secular observer are related with an increased likelihood of supporting community corrections. The discussion addresses these findings in the context of punitive goals (e.g., revenge, retribution), public perception of offender dangerousness, and social identity theory.
K1 Sentencing
K1 Punitiveness
K1 crime severity
K1 community correction
K1 attitudes toward offenders
DO 10.1177/1462474521989805