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Perceptions of punishment for crime |
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| Authors: | Darnell F. Hawkins |
| Affiliation: | Department of Sociology , The University of North Carolina , Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514 |
| Abstract: | A survey questionnaire administered to 662 university undergraduates is used to assess patterns of perceptions of punishment. Results show that the nature of the crime, characteristics of criminal offenders, and characteristics of respondents affect the nature of punishment assigned for 25 criminal offenses. |
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