Stigmatizing ‘evildoers’: how beliefs about evil and public stigma explain criminal justice policy preferences

Characterizations of offenders as ‘evil’ appear in popular entertainment, political rhetoric, and scholarship and may be rooted in widely endorsed cultural narratives. Integrating psychological and criminological literatures, we argue that endorsement of good-and-evil myths may be associated with cr...

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Authors: Silver, Jason R. (Author) ; Shi, Luzi (Author) ; Hickert, Audrey (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2025
In: Psychology, crime & law
Year: 2025, Volume: 31, Issue: 10, Pages: 1366-1389
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
Rehabilitation
Punishment
policy preferences
public stigma
Beliefs about evil