Survivalism and Public Opinion on Criminality: A Cross-National Analysis of Prostitution
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| Title: | Survivalism and Public Opinion on Criminality: A Cross-National Analysis of Prostitution |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Stack, Steven, Adamczyk, Amy, Cao, Liqun |
| Source: | Social Forces. Jun 2010 88(4):1703-1726. |
| Availability: | University of North Carolina Press. 116 South Boundary Street, P.O. Box 2288, Chapel Hill, NC 27515-2288. Tel: 800-848-6224; Tel: 919-966-7449; Fax: 919-962-2704; e-mail: uncpress@unc.edu; Web site: http://uncpress.unc.edu/ |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
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| Page Count: | 24 |
| Publication Date: | 2010 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Adult Education |
| Descriptors: | 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 |
| ISSN: | 0037-7732 |
| 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.) |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Number of References: | 68 |
| Entry Date: | 2010 |
| Access URL: | https://socialforces.unc.edu/epub/folder.2007-02-09.8541500563/june10 |
| Accession Number: | EJ893861 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| 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.) |
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| ISSN: | 0037-7732 |
