The Effect of College Majors on Students' Perceptions of Sexual Offenders

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dc.contributor.authorSantore, Madison
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-07T01:10:23Z
dc.date.available2021-05-07T01:10:23Z
dc.date.issued2021-05
dc.descriptionHonors Thesis Spring 2021en_US
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of my honors thesis is to determine whether or not students' opinions and assumptions about sex offenders differ according to their college major. This project also examines whether students' academic disciplines shape their perspectives on sanctions and policies for a type of crime that is known to be so egregious. In the United States, public opinion helps shape policies against sex crimes (Redlich, 2002). More research is needed to determine where and how the general public obtains information and forms opinions related to sex crimes. However, factors such as age, gender, income, and level of education are thought to be some of the main characteristics that help shape public perception (Budd, 2017). In addition to the level of education, the specific types of education that students are receiving can affect where they stand on societal issues, including sex crimes and criminal sanctions (Budd, 2017). My hypothesis was that students who are pursuing a degree in criminology will be more in favor of stricter sanctions and will show signs of lower empathy levels towards sexual offenders than students of other academic majors.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11416/560
dc.publisherFlorida Southern Collegeen_US
dc.subjectSex offendersen_US
dc.subjectPublic opinionen_US
dc.subjectEmpathyen_US
dc.subjectSocial perceptionen_US
dc.titleThe Effect of College Majors on Students' Perceptions of Sexual Offendersen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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