University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Sciences, 1941 East Road, Houston, TX, 77054, USA.
West Virginia University, Department of Psychology, P.O. Box 6040, Campus Drive, Morgantown, WV, 26505, USA.
J Adolesc. 2018 Jan;62:87-95. doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2017.11.007. Epub 2017 Nov 21.
This study examined adolescents' beliefs about the amount of punishment individuals should receive for violating different laws and whether these beliefs are connected with their informational assumptions (i.e., perceived facts) about crime, laws, and authority. American adolescents (N = 340; M = 16.64, 58.2% female) reported their judgments concerning the appropriate punishment for violating laws regulating domain-specific behaviors and their informational assumptions regarding the prevalence and causes of crime, beliefs that authority is knowledgeable, and the purpose of punishment. Greater internal attributions for crime was associated with stronger punishment judgments for violating laws that regulate moral and conventional issues. Greater beliefs that punishment teaches right from wrong was associated with stronger punishment judgments for violating laws that regulate drug-related prudential issues, and lower punishment judgments for violating laws that regulate personal issues. Greater beliefs that authorities are more knowledgeable than others was associated with stronger punishment judgments for violating laws that regulate personal issues.
本研究考察了青少年对违反不同法律应受惩罚程度的信念，以及这些信念是否与他们对犯罪、法律和权威的信息假设（即感知事实）有关。研究对象为美国青少年（N=340；M=16.64，58.2%为女性），他们报告了对违反规范特定领域行为的法律应受惩罚程度的判断，以及对犯罪的普遍性和原因、对权威的了解程度和惩罚目的的信息假设。对犯罪的归因更多地归于内部因素，与对违反规范道德和传统问题的法律的惩罚判断更为强烈相关。更多地认为惩罚可以明辨是非，与对违反规范与毒品相关的谨慎问题的法律的惩罚判断更为强烈相关，与对违反规范个人问题的法律的惩罚判断更为温和相关。更多地认为权威比其他人更有见识，与对违反规范个人问题的法律的惩罚判断更为强烈相关。
