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Taking Crime Seriously: Conservation Values and Legal Cynicism as Predictors of Public Perceptions of the Seriousness of Crime
International Criminal Justice Review Pub Date : 2019-02-27 , DOI: 10.1177/1057567718824391
An Adriaenssen 1 , Susanne Karstedt 2 , Letizia Paoli 1 , Jonas Visschers 1
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Public perceptions of the seriousness of crime have long been presented as an indicator of actual crime seriousness, which features prominently in contemporary criminal policy. However, doubts persist on the policy relevance of such perceptions, among others, because their predictors and the extent of consensus about them in our pluralistic societies are unclear. Against this background, we examine the extent to which conservation values, legal cynicism, and religiosity drive public crime seriousness perceptions and generate heterogeneity. A general population survey in Belgium eliciting 1,278 valid responses indicates a limited impact of these values, attitudes, and beliefs on crime seriousness perceptions, with exception of the “mala prohibita” considered. Of the three predictors, conservation values have the most consistent impact across different crimes. Moreover, our findings suggest that crime seriousness perceptions are still largely consensual, thus allaying one concern for their use for policy-making purposes.

中文翻译:

严肃对待犯罪:保护价值和法律犬儒主义作为公众对犯罪严重性认知的预测指标

长期以来,公众对犯罪严重性的看法一直被视为实际犯罪严重性的指标,这在当代刑事政策中占有突出地位。然而,人们对这些观念的政策相关性仍存疑虑,因为在我们的多元社会中,它们的预测因素和对它们的共识程度尚不清楚。在此背景下,我们研究了保护价值观、法律犬儒主义和宗教信仰在多大程度上推动了公共犯罪的严重性认知并产生了异质性。比利时的一项普通人口调查获得了 1,278 份有效答复,表明这些价值观、态度和信念对犯罪严重性认知的影响有限,所考虑的“禁止犯罪”除外。在三个预测变量中,保护价值对不同犯罪的影响最为一致。此外,我们的研究结果表明,对犯罪严重性的看法在很大程度上仍是双方同意的,因此减轻了人们对其用于决策目的的担忧。
更新日期:2019-02-27
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