Public preferences for rehabilitation versus incarceration of juvenile offenders |
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Authors: | Alex R Piquero Laurence Steinberg |
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Institution: | a College of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida State University, Hecht House, 634 West Call Street, Tallahassee, FL 32306-1127, United States b Department of Psychology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, United States |
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Abstract: | While juvenile justice policy in the United States has become more punitive in recent years, it remains unclear whether the public actually favors this response in lieu of more rehabilitation-oriented services. Public opinion polling generally shows that the public favors less punitive responses than policymakers often suppose, but significant questions remain about the accuracy of these perceptions generally, and in how they have been assessed in particular. Data from four states (Illinois, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, and Washington) aimed at assessing public preferences for rehabilitation and incarceration as a response to serious juvenile crime indicated that, for the most part, the public was willing to pay more in taxes for rehabilitation than incarceration. |
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