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Revista Criminalidad
Print version ISSN 1794-3108
Abstract
AGUILAR-JURADO, Juan Antonio. An approach to the analysis of punitive attitudes. Rev. Crim. [online]. 2018, vol.60, n.1, pp.95-110. ISSN 1794-3108.
The object of study are the population’s punitive attitudes. A review of the national and international literature on this subject has been carried out through a selective search of studies having analyzed the attitudes of the population towards punishment, and the functioning of the criminal justice system as a methodological design. From the documentary analysis, a synthesis of the most characteristic features of the punitive attitudes, as well as the different methodologies used for their study having been elaborated. The results contribute to highlighting the complexity of attitudes and the need to perfecting and combining different methodologies in their study.
Keywords : Attitudes towards crime; attitudes toward the criminal justice system; public opinion; punitiveness; criminal policy.