Opinion Myth

List of Figures
Figure 1: Degrees of support for retention: 2014 government survey........................................... 19
Figure 2: Asking the same question: 2014 government survey and parallel survey....................... 24
Figure 3: Proportion of committed retentionists.......................................................................... 25
Figure 4: How abolition may affect the respondents’ everyday lives.............................................. 26
Figure 5: Retentionists’ views on abolition.................................................................................... 27
Figure 6: Retentionists’ views on LWOP and abolition................................................................ 28
Figure 7: Reasons for retention and abolition: parallel survey....................................................... 29
Figure 8: Trust in institutions: retentionists and abolitionists....................................................... 32
Figure 9: Deliberative poll: attitudinal change.............................................................................. 37
List of Tables
Table 1: Comparison of methodology: 2014 government survey and parallel survey.................... 18
Table 2: Varying degrees of support.............................................................................................. 23
Table 3: Perception of miscarriages of justice: retentionists and abolitionists............................... 33
Table 4: Ranking of policies to prevent and reduce heinous crimes.............................................. 35
Table 5: Knowledge items............................................................................................................. 36
Table 6: Attitudes to differences in opinion: post-deliberation poll.............................................. 38
Appendix
Reasons for retention and abolition: 1967 and 2014 government surveys..................................... 41
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