Crime trend perceptions, negative emotions, and public punitiveness: a survey experiment of information treatment

Shi, Luzi

doi:10.1007/s11292-020-09454-7

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“…Given that the mass public in the U.S. tends to believe crime is rising even when it is not (see e.g., Gramlich, 2016;McCarthy, 2015), research linking public opinion and criminal justice policy has repeatedly emphasized the role that perceptions about crime and disorder play in explaining support for punitive policy outcomes, regardless of their accuracy (Pfeiffer, Windzio, and Kleimann, 2005;Roberts and Indermaur, 2012;Shi, 2021). 4 Media coverage, which generally overstates the prevalence of crime and disorder (Smith, 1984;Altheide, 2018), nonetheless still tends to follow underlying crime rates, especially yearly changes in homicides (Enns, 2016;Miller, 2016).…”

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Mass support for proposals to reshape policing depends on the implications for crime and safety

Vaughn

Peyton

Huber

2022

Criminology & Public Policy

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This paper presents novel survey and experimental evidence that reveals the mass public's interpretation of movements to reform, defund, and abolish the police. We find strong support for police reform, but e↵orts to defund or abolish generate opposition both in terms of slogan and substance. While these di↵erences cannot be explained by di↵ering beliefs about each movement's association with violent protests, racial makeup, or specific programmatic changes, e↵orts to defund and abolish the police appear unpopular because they seek reduced involvement of police in traditional roles and cuts in police numbers. Our findings suggest that public support for changes to American policing is contingent on the perceived implications for crime and public safety. Proposals like defunding and abolition are therefore unlikely to succeed at the national level. Viable police reform may instead require proposals that target changing how police departments and their o cers operate rather than lowering police budgets or decreasing police involvement in responding to crime and calls for service.

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Section: The Relationship Between Public Opinion and Criminal Justice Policymentioning

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Mass support for proposals to reshape policing depends on the implications for crime and safety

Vaughn

Peyton

Huber

2022

Criminology & Public Policy

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“…(1) Data sources and analysis methods The dataset adopted is provided by the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) database (Shi, 2021). It is used to select cases for empirical analysis in which different types of crimes were sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment in 2019-2020.…”

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Deep Learning-Based Intelligent Robot in Sentencing

Chen

2022

Front. Psychol.

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This work aims to explore the application of deep learning-based artificial intelligence technology in sentencing, to promote the reform and innovation of the judicial system. First, the concept and the principles of sentencing are introduced, and the deep learning model of intelligent robot in trials is proposed. According to related concepts, the issues that need to be solved in artificial intelligence sentencing based on deep learning are introduced. The deep learning model is integrated into the intelligent robot system, to assist in the sentencing of cases. Finally, an example is adopted to illustrate the feasibility of the intelligent robot under deep learning in legal sentencing. The results show that the general final trial periods for cases of traffic accidents, copyright information, trademark infringement, copyright protection, and theft are 1,049, 796, 663, 847, and 201 days, respectively; while the final trial period under artificial intelligence evaluation based on the restricted Boltzmann deep learning model is 458, 387, 376, 438, and 247 days, respectively. The accuracy of trials is above 92%, showing a high application value. It can be observed that expect theft cases, the final trial period for others cases has been effectively reduced. The intelligent robot assistance under the restricted Boltzmann deep learning model can shorten the trial period of cases. The deep learning intelligent robot has a certain auxiliary role in legal sentencing, and this outcome provides a theoretical basis for the research of artificial intelligence technology in legal sentencing.

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“…Misconceptions sometimes lead to change in public beliefs and attitudes, especially regarding punishment, so the media might exert an influence on creation of punitive public attitudes and even attitude for returning the death penalty for certain crimes. Additionally, the general public thinks that the authorities which are supposed to combat crime are ineffective, i.e., they do not believe that governments have done enough to protect victims and to strengthen public safety (Shi, 2021). All of that can influence on the public to put pressure on the governments to introduce a more punitive penal policy for perpetrators.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Recent research also shows that policy makers and practitioners respond to public inclinations toward certain criminal policies (Brace & Boyea, 2008; Nicholson-Crotty, Peterson, & Ramirez 2009) cited in. (Shi, 2021) From this point of view, increasing incarcerations rates sometimes are driven by the increasingly punitive public (Demker, Towns, Duus-Otterstrom, & Sebring, 2008) cited in (Rosenberger & Callanan, 2011), greatly and under the influence of the media.…”

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30 Years of Independent Macedonian State

2021

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Во годината кога обележуваме значаен јубилеј од референдумот за независност во 1991 година, со кој Република Македонија стекна независност од поранешната југословенска федерација, Факултетот за безбедност одлучи на меѓународната научна конференција да и посвети свечен наслов "Три децении независна македонска држава". Токму во тој тридецениски развој се испреплетени бројни успеси и достигнувања, но и многу разочарувања, пропуштени шанси и неостварени цели. Во овој период научивме дека воопшто не е лесно да се воспостави и одржува функционален систем кој ќе ги следи и ќе одговори на потребите на граѓаните во современото демократско општество. Во регионот во кој географски се наоѓаме, особено за мали држави како нашата, ништо не е лесно, но тоа не значи дека е и невозможно.Со мудри и храбри одлуки успеавме да останеме надвор од воените конфликти кои ја зафатија поранешната држава, но и да изградиме функционална демократија која денес е земја членка на НАТО и подготвена за преговори за членство во Европската унија. Сепак, често можеме да слушнеме, но и непосредно да се

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Crime trend perceptions, negative emotions, and public punitiveness: a survey experiment of information treatment

Cited by 12 publications

References 79 publications

Mass support for proposals to reshape policing depends on the implications for crime and safety

Mass support for proposals to reshape policing depends on the implications for crime and safety

Deep Learning-Based Intelligent Robot in Sentencing

30 Years of Independent Macedonian State

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