The relationship between criminology studies and punitive attitudes

Chen, Gila; Einat, Tomer

doi:10.1177/1477370814551211

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“…The way people perceive and think about crime and punishment is a central aspect of normative culture and formal social control (Adriaenssen & Aertsen, 2015;Stylianou, 2003). In recent decades, the public's attitudes to crime, punishment, and its alternatives have become an important area of criminological research (Chen & Einat, 2015;Kutateladze & Crossman, 2009;Payne et al, 2004Payne et al, , 2010. Policies on crime and justice are often shaped by policymakers' perceptions of public opinion (Indermaur et al, 2012).…”

Section: The Public's Attitudes and Justice Policiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

The #MeToo movement and restorative justice: exploring the views of the public

Peleg-Koriat

Klar‐Chalamish

2020

Contemporary Justice Review

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The study examined 'the day after' the #MeToo protest, and proposes channeling the outcry of millions of women toward developing and establishing alternative mechanisms for dealing with sexual offences, focusing on restorative justice conferencing. A mixed-methods design (quantitative and qualitative) was employed to empirically examine the public's attitude toward the #MeToo movement and restorative-justice in sexual offence cases. The findings (n = 252) revealed that the majority of the public supports the #MeToo movement, but not publications that name alleged offenders. Higher levels of support were found among women and people who define themselves as sexual offence victims. A positive correlation was found between support for the #MeToo movement and support for restorative-justice in sexual offence cases. To better understand the quantitative findings, indepth interviews were conducted with 30 participants. Analysis of the interviews showed that the public acknowledges the importance of the movement, especially due to the widespread discussion on sexual offences and their implications, giving voice to victims, and the possibility that this will help their coping and healing process. Similarly, proponents of restorative justice view the process as an opportunity to conduct a meaningful dialogue, allowing victims to sound their voice and act in a way that suits them.

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Section: The Public's Attitudes and Justice Policiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

The #MeToo movement and restorative justice: exploring the views of the public

Peleg-Koriat

Klar‐Chalamish

2020

Contemporary Justice Review

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“…Hough and Moxon, 1985), while others found no association between age and punitive attitudes (e.g. Chen and Einat, 2015;Shafiq et al, 2016). The same situation occurs with educational experience: although some studies have shown a correlation between higher academic status and a decline in the level of punitive attitudes (e.g.…”

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Attitudes of police officers toward offenders: implications for future training

Cunha

Gonçalves

2017

PIJPSM

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Purpose Police officers’ attitudes toward criminals are critical to the justice system’s response to crime. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the attitudes toward offenders (ATOs) among police officers. Design/methodology/approach To assess police officers ATOs, the authors adapted the Attitudes Toward Prisoner scale to produce the ATO scale. The scale was completed by 431 male police officers in a Portuguese police institution. Findings The results revealed that police officers hold more negative ATOs than correctional officers and graduate students. Moreover, the results revealed significant differences in average ATO scores according to police officers’ age, years of service, marital status and education; namely, police officers who were older, married, less educated, and with more years of police service had more positive ATOs. However, the results revealed that these demographic factors had a limited value in predicting attitudes, as none of them emerged as a predictor of ATOs. Originality/value Nonetheless, considering the relevance of attitudes in law enforcement procedures, the implications for training police officers are provided, specifically using critical incident technique strategies.

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“…It appears that men prefer more punitive attitudes compared to women, and (of interest to the current study) this was especially true in Norway and Sweden compared to the other Scandinavian countries (Bondeson, 2005). Such demographical differences have also been reported internationally (Chen & Einat, 2015). Bondeson (2005) found that people with low educational attainment also have a more punitive view of criminal justice sanctions.…”

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confidence: 64%

Punishment justifications in rape cases: a community study

Bergstrøm

Evjetun²,

Bendixen

2017

jssccp

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Norway is one of the countries with the most progressive criminal justice systems in the Western world. Traditionally, the Norwegian criminal justice system has been mainly based on treatment and deterrence perspectives. While it is believed that criminal justice practices should be in accordance with public attitudes, few studies in Scandinavia have investigated public attitudes towards criminal justice sanctions in a methodologically sound manner. The current study is the first to investigate the attitudes of the Norwegian public towards punishment of rapists. In a Norwegian community sample (N = 475) from 2005, participants found the typical sentencing severity of a convicted rapist too lenient. The participants did report that as a global sentencing orientation, they preferred incapacitation. When presented with a specific rape case, their sentencing judgments were oriented towards both incapacitation and retribution, but their global orientation were not related to their specific judgments. Aggravating circumstances (e.g. violence was used) were found to influence the participants' judgments more than when no aggravating circumstances were present (e.g. no violence was used). Few gender or educational differences were found, which indicates that these attitudes toward punishment of rapists are quite consistent across demographical groups.

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The relationship between criminology studies and punitive attitudes

Cited by 28 publications

References 63 publications

The #MeToo movement and restorative justice: exploring the views of the public

The #MeToo movement and restorative justice: exploring the views of the public

Attitudes of police officers toward offenders: implications for future training

Punishment justifications in rape cases: a community study

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