治亂世用重典社會意向之研究

Public Support of Criminal Punishment in Taiwan

侯崇文(Charles Hou) ； 許福生(Fu-Sheng Shu)

《犯罪學期刊》 3期 (1997/12) Pp. 43-57

https://doi.org/10.29607/ZHWHGX.199712.0003

摘要

本研究嘗試探討台灣民眾對「治亂世用重典」的社會意向，研究的實料來自中央研究院社會科學所民國83年度七月執行之台灣地區社會意向調查，分析的根本數計有795。本研究指出，民眾害怕犯罪的心理與民眾對犯罪問題嚴重性認知的看法與「治亂世用重典」的支持程度有顯著的正關聯。本研究支持社會學者Durkheim 的懲罰理論，研究發現顯示，人們對犯罪者的反應強烈與否與他們對社會秩序的感受息息相關。此外，本研究亦發現，除婚姻狀況變項外，人們支持「治亂世用重典」的態度與他們在社會結構中的位置無明顯關聯，不易受到個人的性別、階級、收入、教育程度等因素的影響，這可能與民眾治安態度的複雜性有關。

並列摘要

This research intends to study how the public support of crime control in Taiwan. Data are from a national opinion survey conducted in July of 1994 by the Academia Sinica of Taiwan. A total of 759 samples were used for analysis. The finding supports Durkheim's view on criminal punishment. The data show that fear of crime and perception of crime seriousness are positively related to the support of crime control strategies. Apparently, the reactions toward crime and deviance are a result of how one sees social order. Moreover, this research also conclude that, other than marital status, most of the social and demographic variables, such as gender, social class, income, and education, are unrelated to the way that people see criminal punishment. The finding could be a result of the complex nature of public support of criminal punishment.