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dc.contributor.authorPiquero, Alex R
dc.contributor.authorPiquero, Nicole Leeper
dc.contributor.authorGertz, Marc
dc.contributor.authorBaker, Thomas
dc.contributor.authorBatton, Jason
dc.contributor.authorBarnes, JC
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T11:59:17Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T11:59:17Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.date.modified2012-06-04T22:40:19Z
dc.identifier.issn0038-4941
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1540-6237.2011.00781.x
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/45466
dc.description.abstractObjective. The relationship between race and crime has been contentious, focusing primarily on offending and incarceration patterns among minorities. There has been some limited work on public perceptions of criminal punishment, and findings show that while minorities believe in the role and rule of law, they simultaneously perceive the justice system as acting in a biased and/or unfair manner. Two limitations have stalled this literature. First, research has focused mainly on criminal punishments to the neglect of noncriminal punishments. Second, most studies have not examined whether race remains salient after considering other demographic variables or discrimination and legitimacy attitudes. Methods. Using data from 400 adults, we examine how race affects perceptions of criminal punishment and subsequent reinstatement into the National Football League in the case of Michael Vick, a star professional quarterback who pled guilty to charges of operating an illegal dog-fighting ring. Results. Findings show that whites are more likely to view Vick's punishment as too soft and that he should not be reinstated, while nonwhites had the opposite views. Race remained significant after controlling for other variables believed to be related to punishment perceptions. Conclusion. Attitudes toward both criminal punishment and NFL reinstatement vary across race such that there exists important divides in how individuals perceive the system meting out punishment and subsequently reintegrating offenders back into society. These results underscore that white and nonwhites perceive the law and its administration differently.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherWiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc
dc.publisher.placeUnited States
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom535
dc.relation.ispartofpageto551
dc.relation.ispartofissue2
dc.relation.ispartofjournalSocial Science Quarterly
dc.relation.ispartofvolume92
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCauses and prevention of crime
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode440201
dc.titleRace, Punishment, and the Michael Vick Experience
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyArts, Education & Law Group, Key Centre for Ethics, Law, Justice and Governance
gro.rights.copyrightSelf-archiving of the author-manuscript version is not yet supported by this journal. Please refer to the journal link for access to the definitive, published version or contact the author[s] for more information.
gro.date.issued2011
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorPiquero, Alex R.


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