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dc.contributor.authorSteinberg, Laurence
dc.contributor.authorPiquero, Alex R
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T11:18:53Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T11:18:53Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.date.modified2011-02-17T07:33:43Z
dc.identifier.issn0011-1287
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/0011128708330179
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/36374
dc.description.abstractPublic attitudes about juvenile crime play a significant role in fashioning juvenile justice policy; variations in the wording of public opinion surveys can produce very different responses and can result in inaccurate and unreliable assessments of public sentiment. Surveys that ask about policy alternatives in vague terms are especially problematic. The authors conducted an experiment in which a large sample of respondents were presented with a crime scenario in which the offender's age and prior record, the type of crime, and the inclusiveness of the policy in question were varied. Respondents were asked about the extent to which they support trying juveniles in adult court. Responses varied significantly as a function of the offender's age, criminal record, and offense but not as a function of inclusiveness. For legislators using public opinion polls to guide their decisions, blanket statements describing the results of vaguely worded surveys items can be misleading and can lead to poorly informed policy making.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSage
dc.publisher.placeUnited States
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom487
dc.relation.ispartofpageto506
dc.relation.ispartofissue4
dc.relation.ispartofjournalCrime and Delinquency
dc.relation.ispartofvolume56
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCriminology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCorrectional theory, offender treatment and rehabilitation
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4402
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode440202
dc.titleManipulating Public Opinion About Trying Juveniles as Adults: An Experimental Study
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2010
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorPiquero, Alex R.


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