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2012
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Public Opinion on Sentencing and Corrections Policy in America
Pew Charitable Trusts. Pew Center on the States. Public Safety Performance Project (Washington, DC).
Public Opinion Strategies (Alexandria, VA); Mellman Group (Washington, DC).
Thoughts regarding the state of corrections and sentencing in the United States are presented. Topics discussed include: key takeaways; underlying attitudes—there are too many people in prisons, with prisons often being unnecessary for non-violent crime; policy solutions—divert more non-violent offenders from prison, reduce prison time for non-offenders, require supervision in the community for all released offenders, and improve probation and parole supervision. The bottom line is that “Some of... Read More
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8 pages
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2011
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Environmental Scan 2011
National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Aurora, CO).
“Beginning in the late 1990’s, the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) Information Center began scanning social, economic and corrections issues to inform the development of programs and services offered by NIC. This report, now in its 6th edition, has continued to evolve into a popular tool that is also used by corrections practitioners to inform their work in jails, prisons and community corrections. Since there are many issues beyond what is addressed in this environmental scan that poten... Read More
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40 pages
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2010
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Exploring Public Awareness and Attitudes about Sex Offender Management: Findings from a National Public Opinion Poll
Center for Sex Offender Management (Silver Spring, MD); Center for Effective Public Policy (Washington, DC).
Results are provided from a national opinion poll “that was designed to further insights into public awareness and perceptions” regarding sex offender management (p. 1). Findings include: primary source of public knowledge and information about sex offenders; perceptions about the relative risk of stranger-perpetrated sex offenses against children; assumptions about reoffending among sex offenders; opinions about factors influencing sex offender-specific policy development; perceived effectivene... Read More
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12 pages
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2009
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Youth Violence Myths and Realities: A Tale of Three Cities: The Different Story of Delinquent Youth as Told by the Media and by Juvenile Justice System Professionals and the Youth Themselves
By Krisberg, Barry; Hartney, Christopher; Wolf, Angela; Silva, Fabiana.
Annie E. Casey Foundation (Baltimore, MD).
National Council on Crime and Delinquency (NCCD).
The "intersection of media coverage of youth crime, public perception, public policy, and true trend and issues in youth crime" in Dallas, Washington, DC and San Mateo (CA) is examined (p. ii). Sections of this report after an executive summary include: introduction; project methods; the media's representation of youth and youth violence; the data -- trends in crime, arrests, and public attitudes; professional stakeholders and youth interviews; and summary of findings. The media often misuse cr... Read More
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60 p.
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2009
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Attitudes of US Voters toward Nonserious Offenders and Alternatives to Incarceration
National Council on Crime and Delinquency (San Francisco, CA).
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2009
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Confidence in the Criminal Justice System
By Indermaur, David; Roberts, Lynne.
Australian Institute of Criminology (Canberra, ACT).
Increasing dissatisfaction with the criminal justice system is examined. This article covers: international and Australian research; the Australian Survey of Social Attitudes (AuSSA); confidence in police; confidence in criminal courts; confidence in prisons; confidence across the criminal justice system; the evaporative effect—lessening of confidence in the criminal justice system staring with the police and ending with corrections; measurement limitations; key implications; and conclusions. It... Read More
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6 p.
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2009
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Once a Criminal, Always a Criminal?: ‘Redeemability’ and the Psychology of Punitive Public Attitudes
By Maruna, Shadd; King, Anna.
The impact of the belief in redeemability combined with the belief of what causes crime – a person’s disposition of the situation they find themselves in – on the publics’ attitudes toward crime is examined. Sections following an abstract include: accounting for punitiveness; beyond locus of control – the redeemability hypothesis; methods; findings; and conclusion and implications. “In sum, the belief in redeemability variable had a strong negative effect on punitiveness, over and above the effe... Read More
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18 p.
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2008
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Psychological Aspects of Retributive Justice
By Carlsmith, Kevin M.; Darley, John M..
"This chapter lays out the emerging psychological principles that underlie citizens' intuitions regarding punishment" (p. 1). Sections following an abstract are: retributive justice in relation to other kinds of justice; what motivates the desire to punish; the impulse to punish as in intuition; policy implications; and conclusion. Citizens generally base their beliefs regarding punishment on intuitive reactions rather then deterrence and other utilitarian based systems of punishment.... Read More
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44 p.
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2008
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Accelerated Release: A Literature Review
National Council on Crime and Delinquency (San Francisco, CA).
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2008
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Community Notification as Viewed by Washington's Citizens: A 10-Year Follow-Up
By Lieb, Roxanne; Nunlist, Corey.
Washington State Institute for Public Policy (Olympia, WA).
The opinions of Washington State adults regarding the state's Community Protection Act are recorded. This report has these sections: summary; state and federal community notification laws; sex offenders in Washington; telephone surveys; familiarity with community notification; potential harassment of sex offenders; juvenile sex offenders; reactions to community notification; and views on the purposes and importance of community notification. The majority of respondants are familiar with and sup... Read More
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4 p.
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2008
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Rehabilitation Versus Incarceration of Juvenile Offenders: Public Preferences in Four Models for Change States
By Piquero, Alex; Steinberg, Laurence.
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (Chicago, IL).
Models for Change (Washington, DC).
Respondents' opinions about two juvenile justice policy alternatives - incarceration and rehabilitation (which is more effective) - are compared. The "public is willing to pay nearly 20 percent more in additional taxes annually for programs that offer rehabilitative services to serious juvenile offenders than for longer periods of incarceration" (p. 5).... Read More
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7 p.
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2008
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Michigan Priorities Survey
Glengariff Group, Inc. (Chicago, IL); Detroit Renaissance (Detroit, MI).
Results from an opinion poll of Michigan voters is provided. Detroiters (64%) want the incarceration rate decreased whereas the rest of the state is divided on this issue at 39.6% for reducing incarceration and 48.1% for remaining at the current rate of 151 offenders per 100,000 people.... Read More
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20 p.
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2008
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On Justifying Punishment: The Discrepancy Between Words and Actions
By Carlsmith, Kevin M..
The "discrepancy [that exists] between what people want (both deterrence and retribution), and the actions that people perceive as just (retributive justice)" is examined (p. 17). Sections following an abstract are: introduction; Study 1 -- method and results according to manipulation checks, assigned punishment, stated motives, behavioral measure, nonconsistency between stated and actual motives, and discussion; Study 2 -- method and results according to support for abstract polices, for appli... Read More
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19 p.
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2008
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Perpetual Punishment: The Consequences of Adult Convictions for Youth
By Eggleston, Alexa.
Campaign for Youth Justice (Washington, DC).
The impact on youth later in their lives of being convicted as adults is explained. Topics discussed in this report include: impact of war on drugs on youth; misguided addiction policies have fueled incarceration; perpetual punishment -- the lasting effects of a criminal history; access to and use of criminal information is expanding at exponential rates; loss of employment opportunities -- employment and education barriers; federal barriers created by Congress as part of war on drugs; public a... Read More
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30 p.
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