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<p>Public opinion scholars are interested in how beliefs about how criminal behavior influences attitudes toward punishment, typically measured through support for certain types of policies. However, less research has assessed what factors influence those underlying attitudes. This study uses a representative sample of 999 US adults to examine the relationships between individual characteristics and the beliefs about crime causation. We consider the influence of respondents’ self-reported victimization, legal system involvement, and crime salience. Multivariate analyses suggest that being white, more conservative, and fearing crime were significantly associated with higher attribution beliefs, while religiosity, prior victimization, and prior legal system involvement were associated with belief in redeemability. This study replicates, in part, the findings of prior public opinion studies and contributes by considering new measures of politicization and legal system involvement.</p>

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Belief in Redeemability: American Public Opinion about Second Chances

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  • 发表日期：

    2025年7月23日

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  • Kimberly R. Kras,
  • Erica Redner-Vera,
  • Sheridamae B. Gudez

摘要

Public opinion scholars are interested in how beliefs about how criminal behavior influences attitudes toward punishment, typically measured through support for certain types of policies. However, less research has assessed what factors influence those underlying attitudes. This study uses a representative sample of 999 US adults to examine the relationships between individual characteristics and the beliefs about crime causation. We consider the influence of respondents’ self-reported victimization, legal system involvement, and crime salience. Multivariate analyses suggest that being white, more conservative, and fearing crime were significantly associated with higher attribution beliefs, while religiosity, prior victimization, and prior legal system involvement were associated with belief in redeemability. This study replicates, in part, the findings of prior public opinion studies and contributes by considering new measures of politicization and legal system involvement.