Table 3 Prison inmates', prison employees' and college students' answers on questions aimed at gauging assumptions and opinions regarding prisoners, crime and punishment.
From: Attitudes towards prisoners, as reported by prison inmates, prison employees and college students
| Â | PRISON INMATES N = 305 | PRISON EMPLOYEES N = 390 | COLLEGE STUDENTS N = 184 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
QUESTION | Mean (SD) | Median | Correlation with ATP | Mean (SD) | Median | Correlation with ATP | Mean (SD) | Median | Correlation with ATP |
The percentage of all crimes that are detected and punished | 41 (24.3) | 40 | -.03 | 42 (23.4) | 40 | .00 | 43 (20.6) | 50 | .15 |
The percentage of all men that have ever been to prison | 262 (23.4) | 20 | -.221 | 72 (9.8) | 5 | -.09 | 112 (11.2) | 7 | -.02 |
The percentage of all women that have ever been to prison | 132 (17.1) | 6 | -.201 | 32 (6.4) | 1 | -.07 | 62 (7.1) | 3 | -.01 |
The percentage of prisoners having drug problems or alcohol problems | 632 (25.3) | 70 | -.08 | 682 (16.9) | 70 | -.171 | 562 (20.9) | 60 | .00 |
The percentage of prisoners having mental problems | 47 (26.8) | 50 | -.04 | 49 (22.3) | 50 | -.01 | 542 (23.6) | 50 | .00 |
The percentage of prisoners that are serving time for a violent crime | 30 (18.7) | 27 | -.161 | 28 (14.9) | 25 | -.181 | 342 (16.7) | 30 | .04 |
The percentage of all prisoners that are serving time for a sex offence | 16 (15.8) | 10 | -.201 | 92 (7.3) | 6 | -.201 | 16 (12.0) | 10 | -.09 |
How many of those serving their first sentence will be back in prison sooner or later | 58 (27.9) | 60 | -.13 | 60 (19.9) | 65 | -.141 | 55 (20.6) | 60 | -.10 |