Random sampling (using Home Office's Probation Index)
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What type of sampling did Mair and May end up using?
Volunteer, only used offenders who responded.
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How many offenders actually turned up to interviews? (Mair and May)
1,200
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What % of interviewed offenders found their probation useful? (Mair and May)
47%
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What % of offenders felt their probation officer would help then with problems? (Mair and May)
62%
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What % of offenders felt that probation kept them out of trouble? (Mair and May)
45%
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What % of offenders believed that probation would prevent them re-offending (Mair and May)
37%
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What is the purpose of Restorative Justice? (Sherman and Strang)
For the offender to repair the damage they caused.
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How did Sherman and Strang gather data?
through internet and database searches
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What 2 types of RJ did Sherman and Strang gather data on?
1) Face to Face and 2) Financial Restitution
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What type of offences does RJ reduce recidivism rates for? (Sherman and Strang)
Violent and Property
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Weakness found in RJ? (Sherman and Strang)
it is ineffective with impersonal crimes (e.g. drink-driving and shoplifting)
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2 Strengths found of RJ? (Sherman and Strang)
-cheaper than capital justice -reduces Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms and desires for revenge (in victims)
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What % of death-row inmates are African American?
41%
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What % of the population is African American?
12%
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What did Eberhardt investigate?
Effect of stereo-typicality of black defendants on a capital justice sentence.
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What % of District Attorneys are white?
98%
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Which type of defendant is most likely to receive Death Penalty according to Eberhardt?
A Black Defendant with a White Murder Victim.
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How did Eberhardt assess stereotypicality of black defendants?
Asked non-blacks, to rate how stereotypical the black features were of individuals, from photographs of black defendants, accused of murdering a white victim.
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What % of high stereotypicality black defendants were put to death?
60%
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What % of low stereotypicality black defendants were put to death?
24%
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What did she find when she looked at a Black Defendant with a White Victim?
Stereotypicality had no effect on sentencing.
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Card 2
Front
What type of sampling did Mair and May end up using?
Back
Volunteer, only used offenders who responded.
Card 3
Front
How many offenders actually turned up to interviews? (Mair and May)
Back
Card 4
Front
What % of interviewed offenders found their probation useful? (Mair and May)
Back
Card 5
Front
What % of offenders felt their probation officer would help then with problems? (Mair and May)
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