Journal of Experimental Criminology ( IF 1.8 ) Pub Date : 2022-08-12 , DOI: 10.1007/s11292-022-09528-8 Michael D Reisig 1 , Kristy Holtfreter 1 , Francis T Cullen 2
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Objectives
The first goal of the study was to investigate the willingness of former President Trump’s supporters to punish a particular form of white-collar crime (i.e., bank fraud). The second objective was to test whether the race of the person who committed the bank fraud influenced Trump supporters’ willingness to punish.
Methods
This study used data from factorial vignettes that were administered to a national sample of adults in 2021 (N = 1509). A 2 (race of the individual who committed bank fraud) × 2 (prior criminal record) × 2 (COVID-19 related fraud) between-subject experimental design was used. Multivariate techniques were used to regress the dependent variables (e.g., length of prison sentence) onto the faith in Trump scale, the experimental conditions, and other variables.
Results
Participants who expressed a strong faith in Trump were less likely to support sending an adult male who committed bank fraud to prison, but they were more supportive of deporting the individual to another country. The effect of faith in Trump changed when the race of the person who committed bank fraud was manipulated. Specifically, participants who expressed greater faith in Trump were more likely to view bank fraud as harmful and wrong, more likely to support the use of prison and recommend longer prison sentences, and expressed greater support for deporting the individual when he was depicted as Chinese American.
Conclusions
Allegiance to the former president likely increased the targeting of Chinese Americans as out-group members in need of greater social control.
中文翻译：
对特朗普的信心和惩罚白领犯罪的意愿：华裔美国人作为一个外群体
目标
该研究的首要目标是调查前总统特朗普的支持者惩罚特定形式白领犯罪（即银行欺诈）的意愿。第二个目标是测试银行欺诈者的种族是否影响特朗普支持者的惩罚意愿。
方法
这项研究使用了 2021 年全国成年人样本 ( N = 1509) 的阶乘小插图中的数据。使用 2（实施银行欺诈的个人的种族）× 2（先前的犯罪记录）× 2（与 COVID-19 相关的欺诈）受试者间实验设计。使用多变量技术将因变量（例如刑期长度）回归到对特朗普量表的信心、实验条件和其他变量上。
结果
对特朗普表示坚定信心的参与者不太可能支持将犯有银行欺诈罪的成年男性送进监狱，但他们更支持将其驱逐到另一个国家。当银行欺诈者的种族受到操纵时，人们对特朗普的信心就发生了变化。具体来说，对特朗普表现出更大信心的参与者更有可能认为银行欺诈是有害和错误的，更有可能支持使用监狱并建议延长监禁期限，并在该人被描述为华裔美国人时表示更支持将其驱逐出境。
结论
对前总统的效忠可能会增加将华裔美国人视为需要加强社会控制的外群体成员的目标。
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