PUBLIC ATTITUDES TOWARD LEGAL SANCTIONS FOR DRUG AND ABORTION OFFENCES (FROM DEVIANCE - ACTION, REACTION, INTERACTION - STUDIES IN POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE DEVIANCE, 1975 BY FRANK R SCARPITTI AND PAUL T MCFARLANE)

• NCJ Number: 34343
• Author(s): C L BOYDELL; C F GRINDSTAFF
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 24 pages
• Corporate Author: Addison-Wesley Publishing
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

RESULTS OF A POLL OF 450 RESIDENTS OF ONTARIO, CANADA, TO DETERMINE ATTITUDES TOWARD SANCTIONS AND TO DETERMINE IF ATTITUDINAL VARIATIONS EXIST BETWEEN DIFFERENT SUB-CATEGORIES OF SOCIETY.

Abstract

THE MAJORITY OF RESPONDENTS FAVORED NO IMPRISONMENT FOR MARIJUANA OR HARD DRUG USE, BUT IMPRISONMENT FOR SALE OF EITHER CLASS OF DRUG WAS FAVORED. PRISON TERMS WERE DISAPPROVED FOR MEDICAL DOCTORS WHO PERFORM ILLEGAL ABORTIONS, BUT WERE ENCOURAGED FOR NON-PHYSICIANS. ANALYSIS OF THE DATA INDICATED THAT AGE, EDUCATION, INCOME, AND RELIGION WERE SIGNIFICANTLY ASSOCIATED WITH ATTITUDE TOWARD LEGAL SANCTIONS FOR THESE OFFENSES.