Public Support for Punishment and Progressive Criminal Justice Policy Preferences: The Role of Symbolic Racism and Negative Racial Stereotype

Buckler, Kevin; Wilson, Steve; Salinas, Patti Ross

doi:10.1007/s12103-008-9056-9

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“…We believe this finding has important implications for research in sociology surrounding punitiveness. Scholars suggest that in certain instances Blacks are less punitive than Whites (Bobo and Johnson, 2010;Buckler et al, 2009), and our results also illustrate that their willingness to punish depends on the context. In Table 1 and Figure 1, we saw an increase in anger among those in the White-on-Black crime condition and an even greater spike in anger amongst those in the Black-on-Black crime condition.…”

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confidence: 62%

Race, crime, and emotions

Burge

Johnson

2018

Research & Politics

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Experimental research on racial attitudes examines how Whites’ stereotypes of Black Americans shape their attitudes about the death penalty, violent crime, and other punitive measures. Marginally discussed in the race-to-crime literature are Blacks’ perceptions of retribution and justice. We fill this void by using an original survey experiment of 900 Black Americans to examine how exposure to intra- and- intergroup violent crime shapes their policy attitudes and emotional reactions to crime. We find that Black Americans are more likely to support increased prison sentences for violent crimes when the perpetrator is White and the victim is Black, and reduced sentences for “Black-on-Black” crime. Our analyses further reveal that Black people express higher levels of anger when the victim is Black and the perpetrator is White; levels of shame and anger also increase in instances of Black-on-Black crime. Given current race relations in the United States, we conclude by speculating about how these emotional reactions might shape one’s willingness to participate in the political arena.

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Section: Resultssupporting

confidence: 62%

Race, crime, and emotions

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Johnson

2018

Research & Politics

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“…However, there are still many individuals who believe that minorities receive unfair advantage and that their problems are largely their own fault--symbolic racism (Chanin, 2018;Henry & Sears, 2002;Sears & Henry, 2005). Symbolic racism has been shown to be a consistent negative predictor of public support for many forms of policy and of environmental concern (Berg, 2013; Buckler et al, 2009;Chanin 2018;O'Brien et al, 2013). We hypothesize that it may also predict support for efforts to improve water quality.…”

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confidence: 94%

Social Support for Water Quality: The Influence of Values and Symbolic Racism

Dietz¹,

Duan²,

Nalley³

et al. 2018

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Many communities, especially minority communities, have to deal with contaminated water supplies. Remediating such risks is usually expensive, so requires action from state and/or federal governments. In turn, this requires political support for provision of a collective good, an altruistic action. We use data from a Mechanical Turk convenience sample to examine the influence of values and beliefs on donations to remediate water quality, using actual donations to an environmental group as our dependent variable. We find that views about minorities are the strongest predictor of donations, with symbolic racism-beliefs that minorities have received advantageous treatment-substantially reducing donations. In addition, altruistic values have an indirect effect of increasing the likelihood of donating while selfinterested values reduce donations. It appears that support for collective action on water quality is closely tied with both altruism and racial views, suggesting links between research on environmental justice and on environmental decision-making.

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“…Johnson's (2008) measure of racial resentment is a modified version of Henry and Sears' (2002) symbolic racism index. Other studies have also found support for the association between symbolic racism and punitiveness (Bobo and Johnson, 2004;Buckler et al, 2009;Johnson, 2009;Matsueda and Drakulich, 2009;Unnever and Cullen, 2010). For example, Matsueda and Drakulich (2009) used data from the 2000 American National Election Studies and they found that their measure of symbolic racism was significantly more likely to find support for the death penalty and increased crime spending.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The results for racial attitudes and punitiveness have been consistent. Some studies have utilized a racial prejudice or a racism measure and found support for the association (Aguirre and Baker, 1993;Barkan and Cohen, 1994;Bobo and Johnson, 2004;Buckler et al, 2008Buckler et al, , 2009Chiricos et al, 2004;Johnson, 2008Johnson, , 2009Lee and Rasinski, 2006;Matsueda and Drakulich, 2009;Peffley and Hurwitz, 2002;Soss et al, 2003;Unnever and Cullen, 2007;Young, 2004).…”

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confidence: 99%

The Ethnic Typification of Crime and Support for Punitive Attitudes: An Exploratory Analysis of Arabs in Israel

Devers

Gertz

Piquero

et al. 2012

Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice

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I would also like to take this opportunity to thank those who contributed greatly to success of this unique research endeavor, specifically, Principle Baruch Kraus and those at NFTY-EIE high school. Baruch went out of his way to solicit informants in order to gain access to the participants in the Arab villages. In addition, a special thanks need to be given to those who helped us solicit participants within these villages including Issa Jaber, Marc Rosenstein, Mahmoud Omar and Amira Asadi. Several informal researchers also dedicated their time and resources to the dissertation. Thank you to Gretchen Devers, Sally and Aaron Gertz. Without all of these individuals, the research would not have been a success. My very special thanks to the one person whom I owe everything I am today, my father, William Devers Senior. His unwavering confidence and determinism in my abilities is what has shaped me to be the person I am. Thank you for everything. Finally, I would like to take the opportunity to thank my professors and colleagues at Florida State University and my coworkers at the Justice Research Center. Their dedication to quality and excellence in research and analyses will continue to influence my standards of performance throughout my career. v

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Public Support for Punishment and Progressive Criminal Justice Policy Preferences: The Role of Symbolic Racism and Negative Racial Stereotype

Cited by 15 publications

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Race, crime, and emotions

Race, crime, and emotions

Social Support for Water Quality: The Influence of Values and Symbolic Racism

The Ethnic Typification of Crime and Support for Punitive Attitudes: An Exploratory Analysis of Arabs in Israel

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