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T1 Attitudes towards terrorist rehabilitation programs: psychological mediating and moderating mechanisms
A1 Muelas Lobato, Roberto
A1 Rodríguez López, Álvaro
A1 García Coll, Josep
A1 Moyano, Manuel
A1 Sainz, Mario
K1 Rehabilitation programs
K1 Terrorism
K1 Attitudes
K1 Integrated threat theory
K1 System justification theory
K1 Psicología
K1 Psychology
K1 Sociología
K1 Sociology
AB Rehabilitation programs for terrorists have gained notoriety. Some issues still require thorough investigation, such as the social support they receive. The present research aims to examine the attitudes towards rehabilitation programs for terrorist offenders and the mediating and moderating mechanisms underlying these attitudes. To this end, two studies were conducted: the first study evaluated the mediating mechanisms (negative feelings and threats; N = 407) and the second study analyzed the moderating mechanisms (social dominance orientation, system justification, and political orientation; N = 444). In both cases, the type of offender was manipulated (criminal vs. nationalist terrorist vs. Islamist terrorist offenders) and different attitudes were assessed (general support, incapacitation, treatment effectiveness, and mandated treatment). The results showed less support for rehabilitation programs for Islamist terrorists than for other offenders. Moreover, Islamist terrorists pose a more significant terrorist threat while criminals pose a greater realistic threat, which led to less favorable attitudes towards rehabilitation programs. Finally, individuals with more conservative ideologies had stronger negative attitudes towards programs for Islamist terrorists. We discuss these findings within the framework of integrated threat and system justification theories.
PB Taylor & Francis Group
SN 1068-316X
YR 2022
FD 2022-10
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10259/8522
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10259/8522
LA eng
NO This research was conducted as part of project PID2020-116646RB-I00 funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/ and by the Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo (ANID) through the program FONDECYT Postdoctorado 2020 (Ref. 3200031 - Mario Sainz).
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos
RD 09-may-2024