Cross-jurisdictional differences in punitive public attitudes?

European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 47-62

  De Keijser, Jan W ^a   Elffers, Henk ^b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF CRIME AND LAW ENFORCEMENT   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

International differences; Measurement approach; Public attitudes; Punitiveness; Sentencing

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349149361     PISSN: 09281371     EISSN: 15729869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10610-008-9089-0     Document Type: Article

References (39)

1. Bottoms, A. E. (1995). The philosophy and politics of punishment and sentencing. In C. M. V. Clarkson, & R. Morgan (Eds.), The politics of sentencing reform (pp. 17-50). Oxford: Clarendon Press.
2. Canadian Sentencing Commission (1987). Sentencing reform: A Canadian approach. Ottawa: Ministry of Supply and Services Canada.
3. Chapman, B., Mirrlees-Black, C., & Brawn, C. (2002). Home Office Research Study 245: Improving public attitudes to the criminal justice system. The impact of information.
4. Council of Europe (2007). SPACE I: 2005 Survey on Prison Populations. Strasbourg: Council of Europe.
5. Cullen, F. T., Fisher, B. S., & Applegate, B. K. (2000). Public opinion about punishment and corrections. In M. Tonry (Ed.), Crime and Justice: A review of research (vol. Vol. 27, (pp. 1-79)). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
6. De Keijser, J. W., & Elffers, H. (2009, in press). Public punitive attitudes: A threat to the legitimacy of the criminal justice system? (Ch. 4). In M. E. Oswald, S. Bieneck, & J. Hupfeld (Eds.), Social psychology of punishment of crime. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons.
7. J. W. De Keijser P. J. Van Koppen 2007 Paradoxes of proof and punishment: Psychological pitfalls in judicial decision making Legal and criminological psychology 12 189 2005 (Pubitemid 47440922)
8. J. W. De Keijser P. J. Van Koppen H. Elffers 2007 Bridging the gap between judges and the public? A multi-method study Journal of Experimental Criminology 3 2 131 161
9. Dekker, P., & Meer, T. V. D. (2007). Vertrouwen in de rechtspraak nader onderzocht. Den Haag: Sociaal en Cultureel Planbureau.
10. Doob, A. N., & Roberts, J. (1988). Public punitiveness and public knowledge of the facts: Some Canadian surveys. In N. Walker, & M. Hough (Eds.), Public Attitudes to Sentencing: Surveys from Five Countries (pp. 111-133). Aldershot: Gower.
11. D. Downes R. van Swaaningen 2007 The road to Dystopia? Changes in the penal climate of the Netherlands Crime and Justice: A review of research 35 31 71
12. Elffers, H., & De Keijser, J. W. (2007). Different perspectives, different gaps: Does the general public demand a more responsive judge. In H. Kury (Ed.), Fear of Crime - Punitivity: New Developments in Theory and Research (pp. 447-470). Bochum: Universitätsverlag Dr. N. Brockmeyer.
13. H. Elffers J. W. De Keijser P. J. Van Koppen V. Haeringen 2007 Newspaper juries: A field experiment concerning the effect of information on attitudes towards the criminal justice system Journal of Experimental Criminology 3 2 163 182
14. Fichter, M., & Veneziano, C. (1988). Criminal Justice Attitudes - Missouri. Jefferson City: Missouri Department of Corrections.
15. D. A. Green 2006 Public opinion versus public judgment about crime: Correcting the 'comedy of errors' British Journal of Criminology 46 131 154
16. Hough, M., & Roberts, J. (1998). Attitudes to punishment: Findings from the British Crime Survey. Home Office Research Study, vol.179. London: Home Office.
17. M. Hough J. V. Roberts 1999 Sentencing trends in Britain Punishment and Society 1 1 11 26
18. N. Hutton 2005 Beyond populist punitiveness Punishment & Society 7 3 243 258 (Pubitemid 41748379)
19. Indermauer, D., & Hough, M. (2002). Strategies for changing public attitudes to punishment. In J. V. Roberts, & M. Hough (Eds.), Changing attitudes to punishment: Public opinion, crime and justice (pp. 198-214). Cullompton, Devon: Willan.
20. Kuhn, A. (2002). Public and judicial attitudes to punishment in Switzerland. In J. V. Roberts, & M. Hough (Eds.), Changing attitudes to punishment: Public opinion, crime and justice (pp. 115-127). Cullompton, Devon: Willan. (Pubitemid 36508423)
21. H. Kury T. Ferdinand 1999 Public opinion and punitivity International Journal of Law and Psychiatry 22 373 392 (Pubitemid 29327261)
22. Mattinson, J., & Mirrlees-Black, C. (2000). Attitudes to crime and criminal justice: Findings from the 1998 British Crime Survey. London: Home Office.
23. Mirrlees-Black, C. (2002). Improving public knowledge about crime and punishment. In J. V. Roberts, & M. Hough (Eds.), Changing attitudes to punishment: Public opinion, crime and justice (pp. 184-197). Cullompton, Devon: Willan.
24. Nuffield, J., Roberts, J. V., Hann, R., Beare, M., & Tremblay, P. (1998). Report of a national survey on organized crime and corrections in Canada: Ministry of the Solicitor general of Canada.
25. Roberts, J., & Hough, M. (2005a). Attitudes to sentencing and the courts, understanding public attitudes to criminal justice pp. 68-87. Berkshire: Open University Press.
26. Roberts, J., & Hough, M. (2005b). Understanding public attitudes to criminal justice. Berkshire: Open University Press.
27. Roberts, J. V., & Stalans, L. J. (1997). Public opinion, crime and criminal justice. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.
28. Roberts, J. V., Stalans, L. J., Indermaur, D., & Hough, M. (2003). Penal populism and public opinion: Lessons from five countries. New York: Oxford University Press.
29. J. V. Roberts N. Crutchner P. Verbrugge 2007 Public attitudes to sentencing in Canada: Exploring recent findings Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice 49 1 75 107
30. S. Seidman-Diamond L. J. Stalans 1989 The myth of judicial leniency in sentencing Behavioral Sciences and the Law 7 1 73 89 (Pubitemid 19072741)
31. Singer, L., & Cooper, S. (2008). Inform, persuade and remind: An evaluation of a project to improve public confidence in the criminal justice system. London: Ministry of Justice.
32. Sociaal en Cultureel Planbureau. (2002). Sociaal en cultureel rapport 2002 : De kwaliteit van de quartaire sector (90.377.0106.X). Den Haag: Sociaal en Cultureel Planbureau.
33. Sociaal en Cultureel Planbureau. (2005). De sociale staat van Nederland 2005. Den Haag: Sociaal en Cultureel Planbureau.
34. Stalans, L. J. (2002). Measuring attitudes to sentencing. In J. V. Roberts, & M. Hough (Eds.), Changing attitudes to punishment: Public opinion, crime and justice (pp. 15-32). Cullompton, Devon: Willan.
35. Tonry, M. (2004). Thinking about crime: Sense and sensibility in American penal culture. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
36. M. Tonry C. C. J. H. Bijleveld 2007 Crime, criminal justice, and criminology in the Netherlands Crime and Justice: A review of research 35 1 30
37. Van Koppen, P. J. (2003). Verankering van rechtspraak: Over de wisselwerking tussen burger, politie, justitie en rechter. Deventer: Kluwer (oratie Vrije Universiteit).
38. Wagenaar, W. A. (2008). Strafrechtelijke oordelen van rechters en leken. Bewijsbeslissingen, straffen en hun argumentatie. Research memorandum 4/2. Den Haag: Raad voor de rechtspraak.
39. Walmsley, R. (2007). World Prison Population List. International Centre for Prison Studies, King's College: London ( http://www.prisonstudies.org ).