TY - JOUR
T1 - Paying for the crimes of their children
T2 - Public support of parental responsibility
AU - Brank, Eve M.
AU - Weisz, Victoria
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was partially completed as a component of the first author's dissertation under the faculty direction of Victoria Weisz, Ph.D., MLS, from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Center on Children, Families, and the Law. It was presented at the 2002 meeting of the American Psychology and Law Society in Austin, Texas. This research was financially supported in part by the National Institute of Mental Health Training Grant (5 T32 MH16156), an American Psychology and Law Society Grants-in-Aid, and a Warden grant from the Department of Psychology at the University of Nebraska. The authors wish to acknowledge Steven Penrod and Alex Piquero for their comments and suggestions on earlier drafts. The Gallup Organization agreed to complete the data collection for this research as part of an agreement with the University of Nebraska's Survey Design course instructor, Dr. Allan McCutcheon.
PY - 2004/9
Y1 - 2004/9
N2 - Parental responsibility laws, varying greatly within and among the states, appeared as one answer to the questions surrounding juvenile crime. Although these laws would seem to garner great public support under the new punitive attitude toward juveniles, no recent empirical studies were conducted on this topic. The current research examined public support of parental responsibility for crimes children commit. Contrary to expectations, public support was found to be relatively low. The public did place some responsibility on the parents when a juvenile crime occurred; however, agreement with blaming and punishing the parents was low. Political ideology and educational status served as possible predictors of support. Overall, however, demographic variables proved not predictive in determining who would support these measures.
AB - Parental responsibility laws, varying greatly within and among the states, appeared as one answer to the questions surrounding juvenile crime. Although these laws would seem to garner great public support under the new punitive attitude toward juveniles, no recent empirical studies were conducted on this topic. The current research examined public support of parental responsibility for crimes children commit. Contrary to expectations, public support was found to be relatively low. The public did place some responsibility on the parents when a juvenile crime occurred; however, agreement with blaming and punishing the parents was low. Political ideology and educational status served as possible predictors of support. Overall, however, demographic variables proved not predictive in determining who would support these measures.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2004.06.010
DO - 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2004.06.010
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:4344711300
SN - 0047-2352
VL - 32
SP - 465
EP - 475
JO - Journal of Criminal Justice
JF - Journal of Criminal Justice
IS - 5
ER -