Dehumanizing Prisoners: Remaining Sentence Duration Predicts the Ascription of Mind to Prisoners
Dehumanizing Prisoners: Remaining Sentence Duration Predicts the Ascription of Mind to Prisoners
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DOI：
10.1177/0146167220911496
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发表时间：
2020-03-14
影响因子：
4
通讯作者：
Hugenberg, Kurt
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作者：
Deska, Jason C.;Almaraz, Steven M.;Hugenberg, Kurt
我们测试了一个新的假设，即囚犯的非人化程度随着他们多快从监狱获释而变化。七项研究表明，在其他条件相同的情况下，人们认为即将获释的囚犯比那些有更多时间服刑的人心理更成熟。研究3至6表明，这些影响是通过认为监禁起到了改过自新、报复和未来威慑作用的看法而起作用的。最后，研究7表明，对康复和威慑的信念可能是解释这些影响的最重要因素。这些发现表明，监狱服刑的剩余时间会影响对被监禁者的心理归因，这一影响对我们理解囚犯非人化有一定的影响。
We tested the novel hypothesis that the dehumanization of prisoners varies as a function of how soon they will be released from prison. Seven studies indicate that people ascribe soon-to-be-released prisoners greater mental sophistication than those with more time to serve, all other things being equal. Studies 3 to 6 indicate that these effects are mediated by perceptions that imprisonment has served the functions of rehabilitation, retribution, and future deterrence. Finally, Study 7 demonstrates that beliefs about rehabilitation and deterrence may be the most important in accounting for these effects. These findings indicate that the amount of time left on a prison sentence influences mind ascription to the incarcerated, an effect that has implications for our understanding of prisoner dehumanization.