Early release from prison in time of COVID-19: Determinants of unfavourable decisions towards Black prisoners
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Resumo: | On the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the overcrowding in prisons led to efforts to decarcerate in order to prevent and control outbreaks in prisons. This study analyses how public support for such exceptional measures are determined by cognitive and ideological factors known to create and maintain racial biases in the criminal system. Participants were asked to express their level of agreement with the early-release of hypothetical prisoners. Results showed participants to be less favourable to the early-release of Black compared to White prisoners, when they had committed a stereotypically Black crime. As expected, the congruency between the crime stereotypicality and the colour of the prisoner's skin did not emerge for White prisoners. Moreover, the difference between the agreement with the release of the Black vs. the White prisoner when both committed a stereotypically Black crime was higher as the level of endorsement of Meritocracy increased. Contrastingly, Anti-egalitarianism only predicted an overall disagreement with prisoners' early-release. This paper highlights the cumulative explanation by different levels of analysis of this current problem and implications for the development of the public opinion on penal subjects. |
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Early release from prison in time of COVID-19: Determinants of unfavourable decisions towards Black prisonersOn the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the overcrowding in prisons led to efforts to decarcerate in order to prevent and control outbreaks in prisons. This study analyses how public support for such exceptional measures are determined by cognitive and ideological factors known to create and maintain racial biases in the criminal system. Participants were asked to express their level of agreement with the early-release of hypothetical prisoners. Results showed participants to be less favourable to the early-release of Black compared to White prisoners, when they had committed a stereotypically Black crime. As expected, the congruency between the crime stereotypicality and the colour of the prisoner's skin did not emerge for White prisoners. Moreover, the difference between the agreement with the release of the Black vs. the White prisoner when both committed a stereotypically Black crime was higher as the level of endorsement of Meritocracy increased. Contrastingly, Anti-egalitarianism only predicted an overall disagreement with prisoners' early-release. This paper highlights the cumulative explanation by different levels of analysis of this current problem and implications for the development of the public opinion on penal subjects.Public Library of ScienceRepositório da Universidade de LisboaMiranda, Mariana P.Costa-Lopes, RuiFreitas, GonçaloCarvalho, Catarina L.2021-05-28T15:10:33Z20212021-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10451/48239engMariana P. Miranda, Rui Costa-Lopes, Gonçalo Freitas, Catarina L. Carvalho (2021). Early release from prison in time of COVID-19: Determinants of unfavourable decisions towards Black prisoners. PLoS ONE 16(5): e0252319.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0252319info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-11-08T16:51:31Zoai:repositorio.ul.pt:10451/48239Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T22:00:09.222403Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Early release from prison in time of COVID-19: Determinants of unfavourable decisions towards Black prisoners |
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Early release from prison in time of COVID-19: Determinants of unfavourable decisions towards Black prisoners |
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Early release from prison in time of COVID-19: Determinants of unfavourable decisions towards Black prisoners Miranda, Mariana P. |
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Early release from prison in time of COVID-19: Determinants of unfavourable decisions towards Black prisoners |
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Early release from prison in time of COVID-19: Determinants of unfavourable decisions towards Black prisoners |
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Early release from prison in time of COVID-19: Determinants of unfavourable decisions towards Black prisoners |
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Early release from prison in time of COVID-19: Determinants of unfavourable decisions towards Black prisoners |
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Early release from prison in time of COVID-19: Determinants of unfavourable decisions towards Black prisoners |
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Miranda, Mariana P. |
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Miranda, Mariana P. Costa-Lopes, Rui Freitas, Gonçalo Carvalho, Catarina L. |
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Costa-Lopes, Rui Freitas, Gonçalo Carvalho, Catarina L. |
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Miranda, Mariana P. Costa-Lopes, Rui Freitas, Gonçalo Carvalho, Catarina L. |
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On the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the overcrowding in prisons led to efforts to decarcerate in order to prevent and control outbreaks in prisons. This study analyses how public support for such exceptional measures are determined by cognitive and ideological factors known to create and maintain racial biases in the criminal system. Participants were asked to express their level of agreement with the early-release of hypothetical prisoners. Results showed participants to be less favourable to the early-release of Black compared to White prisoners, when they had committed a stereotypically Black crime. As expected, the congruency between the crime stereotypicality and the colour of the prisoner's skin did not emerge for White prisoners. Moreover, the difference between the agreement with the release of the Black vs. the White prisoner when both committed a stereotypically Black crime was higher as the level of endorsement of Meritocracy increased. Contrastingly, Anti-egalitarianism only predicted an overall disagreement with prisoners' early-release. This paper highlights the cumulative explanation by different levels of analysis of this current problem and implications for the development of the public opinion on penal subjects. |
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