A comparison between Australian and US populations on attitudes to criminal behaviours

Soto, William De; Tajalli, Hassan; Brookman, Ruth

doi:10.1080/1068316x.2021.1880585

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“…This is despite Canada having lenient sentencing policies compared to the United States. Also, a study by De Soto et al (2021) found that U.S. survey respondents did not significantly differ from Australians in their punitive attitudes, except for drug-related crimes in which Australian participants were more punitive . This suggests that cross-cultural differences in public support for punitive sentencing vary according to crime type.…”

Section: American Exceptionalismmentioning

confidence: 95%

“…The participants in this study included the cohort of U.S. and Australian survey respondents from De Soto et al, 2021. The Qualtrics platform was used for data collection in both countries in 2018 and 2019.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…H 3 : Extending on the work of De Soto et al (2021) identifying a cross-national difference (Australia vs. the United States) in support for punitive sentencing outcomes, it is predicted that racial animus mediates the differences of punitive attitudes between the two countries.…”

Section: Hypothesesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Racial animus and its association with punitive sentencing and crime types: Do Australian community attitudes reflect the United States’?

Brookman

DeSoto²,

Tajalli

2021

Journal of Criminology

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The racial animus model argues that public support for punitive sentencing of criminal offenders is shaped by threat perceptions associated with cultural minority groups. This study applies the racial animus model to examine support for the punitive sentencing of criminal offenders in the United States and Australia. It also examines whether racial animus mediates the possible difference in punitive attitudes between each country toward different crime types. Online survey data were obtained in the US and Australia to assess racial animus and punitive attitudes using six different crime scenarios. Results indicate that (a) individuals with higher levels of racial animus demonstrate greater levels of punitiveness; (b) Australians have higher levels of racial animus as compared to their US counterparts; and (c) racial animus mediates the difference of punitive attitudes between the two countries. Overall, punitive attitudes and racial animus vary cross-culturally, with Australians demonstrating more racial animus. Our mediation model provides evidence for the importance of racial animus in the cross-cultural demand for the punishment of criminal offenders.

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Section: American Exceptionalismmentioning

confidence: 95%

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%