The effects of attributions for crime on attitudes toward prison reform
Early attribution research suggests that those who view criminal acts as highly internal,controllable, and stable tend to support more severe and retributive punishment. This studyaims to further examine how laypeople's attributions for crime relate to their perceptionsof responsibility, emotio...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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2014
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Applied psychology in criminal justice
Year: 2014, Volume: 10, Issue: 1, Pages: 46-65 |
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Summary: | Early attribution research suggests that those who view criminal acts as highly internal,controllable, and stable tend to support more severe and retributive punishment. This studyaims to further examine how laypeople's attributions for crime relate to their perceptionsof responsibility, emotions, punishment goals, and prison reform attitudes. Participantscompleted surveys with one of five criminal conviction scenarios. Correlational analysesand a path model provided support for links between internal and controllable attributions,high levels of anger and blame, retributive punishment purposes, and judgments againstreform funding. Those with higher prison system knowledge and the politically liberalagreed more that prison system change is necessary. The potential use of these data forprison reform activists is considered. |
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Item Description: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 64-65 |
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ISSN: | 1550-4409 |