IMAGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN SOCIETY - REPORT ON THE EXTENSIVE PHASE

• NCJ Number: 20490
• Author(s): C FAUGERON; P ROBERT
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 191 pages
• Corporate Author: Services D'Etudes Penales et Criminologiques
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: French
• Country: France

Annotation

REPORT OF A SURVEY OF 1868 PERSONS IN FRANCE REGARDING THEIR PERCEPTIONS OF THE FUNCTIONING OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.

Abstract

THE SAMPLE WAS SELECTED ON A QUOTA BASIS FROM THE NATIONAL POPULATION AGED BETWEEN 15 AND 69. THE AUTHORS FOUND THAT RESPONSES FELL INTO SIX DIMENSIONS OF ATTITUDES: THOSE WHO FELT REPRESSION WAS NEEDED TO MAINTAIN THE SOCIAL ORDER; THOSE WHO FELT THE LAW OPERATED BY CHANCE; THOSE WHO RESISTED CHANGE AND HELD TRADITIONAL VALUES; THOSE WHO DIVIDED THE SOCIAL UNIVERSE INTO GOOD AND BAD AND BELIEVED THAT THE BAD SHOULD BE PUNISHED; THOSE WHO FAVORED REPRESSIVE ACTION BY NON-CRIMINAL JUSTICE INSTITUTIONS; AND THOSE WHO WERE SATISFIED WITH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE INSTITUTIONS. BASED ON THESE SIX DIMENSIONS, THE AUTHORS CONSTRUCT AN ATTITUDINAL TYPOLOGY REPRESENTING FIVE DISTINCT POSITIONS REGARDING PERCEPTIONS OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND SOCIAL POWER. IMPLICATIONS OF THESE FINDINGS ARE DISCUSSED. THE APPENDICES INCLUDE A SAMPLE SURVEY INSTRUMENT, STATISTICAL DATA, AND A BIBLIOGRAPHY. --IN FRENCH...DMC