PAROLEES' PERCEPTION OF THE JUSTICE SYSTEM - BLACK-WHITE DIFFERENCES

• NCJ Number: 32442
• Journal: Criminology Volume: 13 Issue: 4 Dated: (FEBRUARY 1976) Pages: 507-520
• Author(s): J J BERMAN
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 14 pages
• Corporate Author: American Society of Criminology
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS STUDY OF BLACK AND WHITE PAROLEES IN ILLINOIS INDICATED THAT BOTH GROUPS SHARED POSITIVE ATTITUDES TOWARD THE PAROLE SYSTEM AND NEGATIVE ATTITUDES TOWARD THE REST OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.

Abstract

ON OPINIONS OF THE POLICE AND THE COURTS, THE BLACK-WHITE DIFFERENCES WHICH HAVE BEEN FOUND IN THE COMMUNITY WERE ALSO FOUND HERE - BLACKS WERE MORE NEGATIVE THAN WERE WHITES - BUT WHEN ASKED ABOUT THEIR PERSONAL EXPERIENCES WITH THESE ORGANIZATIONS, NO RACIAL DIFFERENCES WERE FOUND. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF A DISCONFIRMED EXPECTANCY EFFECT; THAT IS, IN NO CASE WAS THERE MORE NEGATIVITY AMONG WHITE PAROLEES THAN AMONG BLACK DUE TO WHITES' HIGHER EXPECTATIONS OF THE JUSTICE SYSTEM. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)