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| What was the aim of Mair and May's study? |
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| To investigate the experiences of offenders on probation in England and Wales |
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| What was the methodology used by Mair and May? |
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| Survey with either closed or rating scale questions |
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| Who were the participants in Mair and May's study? |
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| 3299 offenders were selected although 40% failed to take part |
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| What were the results of Mair and May's study? |
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88% felt probabation was useful or extremely useful
60% felt that the probabation officer would help them sort out problems and was there to talk to
37% felt it would stop them reoffending |
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| What was the aim of the study by Sherman and Strang |
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Definition
| To review restorative justice and its effectiveness in preventing reoffending |
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| What was the precedure of Sherman and Strang's study? |
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| Two researchers did a content analysis comparing a sample of offenders on a RJ programme to a similar sample who did not experience RJ |
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| What were the findings of Sherman and Strang's study |
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reductions in re-offending were found for violence and property crime- but does not work in all case
More effective for cases with a personal victim
Can reduce post traumatic shock symptoms of victims |
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| What was the aim of Eberhardt et al's study? |
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| To investigate whether there was support for the hypothesis that black offenders with sterotypically black features were more likely to get the death sentence than white offenders |
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| Who were the participants in Eberhardt et al's study? |
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| 51 predominantly white particpants from Stanford University |
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| What was the procedure of Eberhardt et al's study? |
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The photos of 44 black men who had murdered a white victim were shown to naive raters who were asked to use their facial features to give them a rating of 1-11 as having sterotypically black features.
Photos were shown for 4 seconds |
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| What were the results of Eberhardt et al's study? |
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| The most sterotypically black defendants were 57% more likely to recieve the death sentence than the less sterotypically black defendants at 24.4% |
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