Table 4 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 | Pearson's Chi Square | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
QUESTION | Yes | No | Don't know | Correlation with ATP1 | Yes | No | Don't know | Correlation with ATP1 | Yes | No | Don't know | Correlation with ATP1 | Value (DF) | p-value |
Do you think crime is on the rise in Norway? (%) | 77 | 9 | 14 | .11 | 84 | 10 | 7 | .192 | 88 | 3 | 8 | .06 | 19.2 (4) | .001 |
Does the prison system function as it should towards the inmates? (%) | 19 | 66 | 15 | .14 | 13 | 73 | 14 | -.08 | 87 | 5 | 8 | .202 | 353.0 (4) | <.001 |
Would it be better if all prisons were closed down? (%) | 18 | 67 | 16 | -.11 | 5 | 91 | 5 | -.252 | 1 | 95 | 5 | -.04 | 89.6 (4) | <.001 |
| Â | Too severe | About right | Too mild | Â | Too severe | About right | Too mild | Â | Too severe | About right | Too mild | Â | Â | Â |
How do you consider the country's crime punishment level? (%) | 59 | 34 | 8 | -.06 | 4 | 44 | 51 | -.552 | 0 | 23 | 77 | -.282 | 415.4 (4) | <.001 |