Public attitudes towards sentenced offenders and abortion, 1982

The survey was designed as a randomised experiment with four conditions: (1) To test certain hypotheses about the influence of (i) the choice of sentence; (ii) judges' moral evaluation of offences; (iii) peers' moral evaluation of them; (iv) adult householders' moral evaluation of the...

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Authors: Walker, Nigel 1917-2014 (Author) ; Marsh, Catherine (Author)
Format: Electronic Research Data
Language:English
Published: Colchester UK Data Service 1983
In:Year: 1983
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Keywords:
Abortion
Age
Assault
Attitudes
Authority
Birth Control
community service (punishment)
crime and security
criminal damage
Death Penalty
Divorce
Domestic Violence
EDUCATIONAL background
employers
Fines
Fraud
Gender
heads of household
Homosexuality
Households
judgments (law)
legal decisions
moral values
newspaper readership
Political attitudes
political leaders
prison sentences
Probation
public opinion polls
radio listening
radio news
Religious Affiliation
Religious Attendance
socio-economic status
television news
Theft
traffic offences
War
Working women
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Summary:The survey was designed as a randomised experiment with four conditions: (1) To test certain hypotheses about the influence of (i) the choice of sentence; (ii) judges' moral evaluation of offences; (iii) peers' moral evaluation of them; (iv) adult householders' moral evaluation of them. (2) To intestigate whether public opinion polls on abortion have any influence over individual attitudes towards abortion.
DOI:10.5255/UKDA-SN-1898-1