INFORMED AND UNINFORMED PUBLIC OPINION REGARDING CORRECTIONAL POLICIES AND PRISON REFORM

• NCJ Number: 40589
• Author(s): P J RILEY
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 161 pages
• Sale Source: UMI Dissertation Services
• Publication Type: Thesis/Dissertation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY - DISSERTATION

Annotation

DISSERTATION FOUNDED ON A STUDY TO MEASURE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF INFORMING THE PUBLIC THROUGH MAIL AND TELEPHONE REGARDING PRISON REFORM ISSUES AND PROPOSED CORRECTIONAL POLICIES.

Abstract

THE DATA ANALYSIS DID NOT SUPPORT THE HYPOTHESES THAT SUCH METHODS WOULD CHANGE PUBLIC ATTITUDES, THAT A TELEPHONE COMMUNICATION WOULD BE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN A PAMPHLET, AND THAT THE SEQUENCE OF THE MAIL AND TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS WERE SIGNIFICANT. PUBLIC ATTITUDES WERE FOUND TO BE MORE FAVORABLE TOWARD REHABILITATION THAN PUNISHMENT. ANY EFFECT, WHATSOEVER, OF THE COMMUNICATION WAS A SLIGHT INTENSIFICATION OF SYMPATHETIC ATTITUDES. FOUR EXPERIMENTAL GROUPS (N=1,051) AND A CONTROL GROUP OF THE RESPONDENTS WERE USED IN THE STUDY. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)...TWH