Survivalism and Public Opinion on Criminality: A Cross-National Analysis of Prostitution

Autor/inn/en	Stack, Steven; Adamczyk, Amy; Cao, Liqun
Titel	Survivalism and Public Opinion on Criminality: A Cross-National Analysis of Prostitution
Quelle	In: Social Forces, 88 (2010) 4, S.1703-1726 (24 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0037-7732
Schlagwörter	Investigations; Public Opinion; Cross Cultural Studies; Predictor Variables; Social Attitudes; Crime; Daily Living Skills; Cultural Traits; Self Advocacy; Social Control; Socialization; Social Theories; Statistical Surveys; Comparative Education; Sexual Abuse + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Untersuchung; Öffentliche Meinung; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Prädiktor; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Crimes; Delict; Delicts; Delikt; Alltagsfertigkeit; Selbstbehauptung; Soziale Kontrolle; Socialisation; Sozialisation; Gesellschaftstheorie; Statistische Erhebung; Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Sexueller Missbrauch
Abstract	Explanations of variability in public opinion on crime have drawn disproportionately from the literature on specific symbolic orientations including religious fundamentalism and racial prejudice. In contrast, this article hypothesizes that public opinion is linked to the strength of a general cultural axis of nations: survivalism vs. self-expressionism. Data are from the fourth wave of the World Values Survey. Hierarchical modeling techniques are used to sort out the bi-level effects of survivalist culture on the approval of prostitution. Controlling for all other predictors, the personal survivalism index was the most powerful predictor of prostitution acceptability, followed by the country-level survivalism index. Unlike previous investigations, which relied on specific symbolic orientations, the present results suggest that attitudes about criminality are linked to a generalized cultural axis. (Contains 4 tables and 6 notes.) (As Provided).
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