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Sentencing goals, attributions, ideology and personality as predictors of sentences

According to the previous research several types of individual differences predict variation in severity of sentences, including: sentencing goals, attributions about the causes of crime, ideology, and personality (e.g. Carroll, Perkowitz, Lurigio & Weaver, 1987). Thus, the general aim of this study was to assess magnitude of the effects of socio-demographic variables, previous victimization and contacts with criminal justice system, fear of crime, sentencing goals, attributions about the causes of crime, ideology and personality in predicting self-estimated severity and type of sentences for different types of criminal acts among laypeople and experts. In this research paper self-reported data on above mentioned variables collected in Croatia from a representative sample of 1, 238 laypeople, and from a representative sample of 1, 004 experts (judges and police), both collected in 2004. will be presented and compared. Particular attention will be given to the similarities and differences in results collected from laypeople and experts, and to comparison of our results with similar studies from other countries.

sentencing goals; attributions; ideology; personality; laypeople; experts

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