Citation

Metcalfe C, Cann D. Int. J. Offender Ther. Comp. Criminol. 2019; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Affiliation

University of South Carolina, Columbia, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0306624X19895973

PMID

31874583

Abstract

Numerous studies in the United States, as well as a smaller number of studies in other Westernized countries, have linked racial and ethnic attitudes to support for more punitive forms of crime control. The current study explores this relationship in Israel by assessing whether the degree to which Israeli Jews typify crime as an Israeli Arab phenomenon and/or resent Israeli Arabs is related to support for punitive criminal justice policies. The findings suggest that ethnic typification and resentment are related to general punitive attitudes, whereas ethnic apathy and resentment are related to greater support for the death penalty. Also, the relationship between ethnic typification and punitiveness is stronger among those who are less resentful.

Language: en

Keywords

Israel; ethnic resentment; ethnic threat; ethnic typification; punitive attitudes