The public’s overestimation of immorality of formerly incarcerated people

Kuehn, Sarah; Vosgerau, Joachim

doi:10.1007/s11292-022-09534-w

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“…A similar pattern has been observed in Taiwan (Lee & Chang, 2007). Finally, Kuehn and Vosgerau (2022) asked ex-offenders on parole and people without a criminal record to play the deception game, in which participants can deceive their counterparts to increase their own monetary payoff at the expense of their counterpart’s payoff (Gneezy, 2005). The results showed that a participant’s likelihood of deceiving their counterpart was predicted not by their criminal record but rather by their income: participants with higher incomes were less likely to deceive and harm their counterpart for their own gain.…”

Section: The Existing Literature On the Relationship Between Ses And ...mentioning

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Social status and unethical behavior: Two replications of the field studies in Piff et al. (2012).

Jung¹,

Smeets²,

Stoop³

et al. 2023

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

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Prominent social psychologists and major media outlets have put forward the notion that people of high socioeconomic status (SES) are more selfish and behave more unethically than people of low SES. In contrast, other research in economics and sociology has hypothesized and found a positive relationship between SES and prosocial and ethical behavior. We review the empirical evidence for these contradictory findings and conduct two direct, well-powered, and preregistered replications of the field studies by Piff and colleagues (2012) to test the relationship between SES and unethical/selfish behavior. Unlike the original findings, we find no evidence of a positive relationship between SES and unethical/selfish behavior in the two field replication studies.

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confidence: 99%

Social status and unethical behavior: Two replications of the field studies in Piff et al. (2012).

Jung¹,

Smeets²,

Stoop³

et al. 2023

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

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Depictions of Firearm Violence Perpetrators and Support for Firearm Policies: An Experimental Survey Analysis of Mental Illness and Criminal Background

Semenza,

Berryessa,

Sierra-Arévalo

2023

Crime & Delinquency

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We used an experimental study design with newspaper vignettes to examine how characteristics of gun violence perpetrators including mental illness and previous incarceration influence three categories of firearm policy support in a national sample of U.S. adults ( N = 3,387). Depictions of mass shootings elicit greater support for firearm policies than other types such as suicides, accidents, or street-level homicides. Further, depictions of mental illness and previous incarceration increase support for policies regulating who may legally own, purchase, and possess firearms. Demographic characteristics of perpetrators such as gender and race largely do not affect public policy support, although personal characteristics of respondents themselves are predictive of support.

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A Fairness-Based Defense of Non-Punitive Responses to Crime

Brucato,

Jovchevski

2024

Diametros

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In this paper, we offer a defense of non-punitive measures as morally justified responses to crime within a framework of society as a fair system of cooperation among free and equal individuals. Our argument proceeds in three steps. First, we elaborate on the premises of our argument: we situate criminal acts within a model of society as a fair system of cooperation, identify the types of unfair disadvantages crimes bring about, and consider the social aim of the criminal justice system. Next, we reject the claim defended by fair-play retributivists that fairness considerations make punishment a necessary response to criminal acts. In the last step, we demonstrate that it is rather non-punitive responses to crime that are warranted under the principle of fairness and, as such, are morally justified. We conclude the paper by rejecting two possible objections to our defense: the “responsibility gap” and the “victims’ claim to justice” objections.

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The public’s overestimation of immorality of formerly incarcerated people

Cited by 3 publications

References 62 publications

Social status and unethical behavior: Two replications of the field studies in Piff et al. (2012).

Social status and unethical behavior: Two replications of the field studies in Piff et al. (2012).

Depictions of Firearm Violence Perpetrators and Support for Firearm Policies: An Experimental Survey Analysis of Mental Illness and Criminal Background

A Fairness-Based Defense of Non-Punitive Responses to Crime

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