Economic Insecurity, Blame, and Punitive Attitudes

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Anger about crime and support for punitive criminal justice policies (2009, background): “, 2004), to perceived economic threat and insecurity (Johnson, 2001; Hogan et al., 2005) and to concern about the breakdown in family bonds, morality and social order (Tyler and Boeckmann, 1997) provides support for the idea that anger about crime is tied up with reactions to large-scale socio-econo”
Emotions about crime and attitudes to punishment (2012, background): “Even so, Hogan et al. (2005) do find a relationship among non-whites with one particular measure of insecurity.”
Once a Criminal, Always a Criminal?: ‘Redeemability’ and the Psychology of Punitive Public Attitudes (2009, background): “Self-identified members of racial minorities in North American samples tend to be much less punitive than non-minorities (Applegate et al. 1997; Hogan et al. 2005).”
Punitive attitudes toward criminals (2009, background): “However, the expectation of declining economic circumstances, while inconsequential for black and Hispanic respondents, significantly increases support for punitive measures among white respondents.”