Table 4.
Experiment 1: Participants’ mean spending preferences for various rehabilitative and punitive crime control measures, by standard and compassionate groups.
| Group |
Effect size(η2) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compassion-enhanced(n = 90) |
Standard(n = 89) |
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| Rank | Mean spending(%) | Rank | Mean spending(%) | ||
| More prisons* | 5 | 7.71 | 5 | 11.94 | .037 |
| More drug/alcohol treatment programmes for offenders* | 1 | 25.48 | 3 | 20.89 | .033 |
| More police on the street | 3 | 21.98 | 4 | 20.20 | .003 |
| More programmes aimed at the welfare of victims | 2 | 23.63 | 1 | 24.63 | .002 |
| More mental health treatment programmes for offenders | 4 | 21.20 | 2 | 22.33 | .002 |
*p < .05.