RT Article
T1 Getting the facts straight: a survey experiment of crime and immigration attitudes
JF Crime & delinquency
VO 00
SP 1
OP 29
A1 Puddy, Haley N.
A1 Burton, Alexander L.
A1 Jonson, Cheryl Lero
A2 Burton, Alexander L.
A2 Jonson, Cheryl Lero
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1934797200
AB Immigration is at the forefront of the nation’s public policy agenda. Despite research finding the contrary, a primary concern held by some Americans is that immigration increases crime in the United States. The current study embeds an information experiment in a survey of 430 U.S. adults to assess whether fact-based information on the immigration-crime relationship influences attitudes toward immigration and its effect on crime. Results reveal that the presentation of fact-based information reduced negative perceptions toward the immigration-crime relationship only when participants were exposed to the information for 10 seconds or longer. Additionally, geographical, political, and emotional factors shaped attitudes. Policy implications are discussed.
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 23-28
K1 Immigration
K1 information provision experiment
K1 Public Opinion
K1 Survey Research
DO 10.1177/00111287241305059