Punishing Rampage: Public Opinion on Sanctions for School Shooters

Schutten, Nathaniel M.; Pickett, Justin T.; Burton, Alexander L.; Cullen, Francis T.; Jonson, Cheryl Lero; Burton, Velmer S.

doi:10.1080/07418825.2019.1707857

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“…Blacks should do the same without any special favors”; “It's really a matter of some people not trying hard enough; if Blacks would only try harder they could be just as well off as Whites” (see Appendix ). All of the items have been used in other studies to measure racial resentment (Schutten et al., 2020; Silver, 2017).…”

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What does the public want police to do during pandemics? A national experiment

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Ivanov

Pickett

2021

Criminology & Public Policy

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Research Summary We administered a survey experiment to a national sample of 1068 U.S. adults in April 2020 to determine the factors that shape support for various policing tactics in the midst of the COVID‐19 pandemic. Respondents were sharply divided in their views about pandemic policing tactics and were least supportive of policies that might limit public access to officers or reduce crime deterrence. Information about the health risks to officers, but not to inmates, significantly increased support for “precautionary” policing, but not for “social distance” policing. The information effect was modest, but may be larger if the information came from official sources and/or was communicated on multiple occasions. Other factors that are associated with attitudes toward pandemic policing include perceptions of procedural justice, altruistic fear, racial resentment, and authoritarianism. Policy Implications When considered together with other evidence, one clear takeaway from our study is that the public values police patrols and wants officers on call, even during pandemics. Another is that people who believe the police are procedurally just are more willing to trust officers in times of crisis and to empower them to enforce new laws, such as social distancing ordinances. Our results thus support continued procedural justice training for officers. A third takeaway is that agencies must proactively communicate with the public about the risks their officers face when responding to public health crises or natural disasters, in addition to how they propose to mitigate those risks. They must also be amenable to adjusting in response to community feedback.

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What does the public want police to do during pandemics? A national experiment

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Pickett

2021

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“…Between May 30 and June 6, 2018, our research team commissioned YouGov to conduct a survey of 1,100 American adults. The original survey was collected for purposes such as examining support for policies intended to reduce school shootings (Jonson et al, 2021; Burton et al, 2020), assessing how the public thinks individuals should be punished who plan, attempt, or carry out school shootings (Schutten et al, 2020), and what the public attributes to be the cause of school shootings (Lee et al, 2020). YouGov is a large online survey research company whose data have been relied on by many social science scholars to test their hypotheses (e.g., Simmons, 2017).…”

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Gun Owners and Gun Control: Shared Status, Divergent Opinions

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Logan²,

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Sociological Inquiry

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After each mass public shooting, an inevitable debate surrounding the tools used to carry out the attack ensues. This debate is marked by two sides: those who endorse controlling access to firearms and those who oppose restrictions to the Second Amendment. Implicit in this dialogue is the assumption that gun owners are a homogenous group who stand in opposition to the gun control legislation. Using a national sample of American gun‐owning adults, we examine gun control attitudes among those who share the gun owner‐status and uncover divergent views split down political lines. Political partisanship and values are a major source of gun owners’ policy preferences. Republican gun owners and those with rightward political values are more likely to oppose gun control measures. Gun control, it seems, is politicized even among those who own guns, which suggests guns are political symbols with a meaning that extends beyond mere self‐interest in protecting ownership status.

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“…Blacks should do the same without any special favors"; "It's really a matter of some people not trying hard enough; if Blacks would only try harder they could be just as well off as Whites" (see Appendix B). All of the items have been used in other studies to measure racial resentment (Schutten et al, 2020;Silver, 2017).…”

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What Does the Public Want Police to Do During Pandemics? A National Experiment

2021

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We administered a survey experiment to a national sample of 1,068 US adults in April 2020 to determine the factors that shape support for various policing tactics in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Respondents were sharply divided in their views about pandemic policing tactics, and were least supportive of policies that might limit public access to officers or reduce crime deterrence. Information about the health risks to officers, but not to inmates, significantly increased support for "precautionary" policing, but not for "social distance" policing. The information effect was modest, but may be larger if the information came from official sources and/or was communicated on multiple occasions. Other factors that are associated with attitudes toward pandemic policing include perceptions of procedural justice, altruistic fear, racial resentment, and authoritarianism. Policy Implications: When considered together with other evidence, one clear takeaway from our study is that the public values police patrols and wants officers on call, even during pandemics. Another is that people who believe the police are procedurally just are more willing to trust officers in times of crisis and to empower them to enforce new laws, such as social distancing ordinances. Our results thus support continued procedural justice training for officers. A third takeaway is that agencies must proactively communicate with the public about the risks their officers face when responding to public health crises or natural disasters, in addition to how they propose to mitigate those risks. They must also be amenable to adjusting in response to community feedback.

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Punishing Rampage: Public Opinion on Sanctions for School Shooters

Cited by 19 publications

References 96 publications

What does the public want police to do during pandemics? A national experiment

What does the public want police to do during pandemics? A national experiment

Gun Owners and Gun Control: Shared Status, Divergent Opinions

What Does the Public Want Police to Do During Pandemics? A National Experiment

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