Table 10.
Experiment 2 Participants' mean spending preferences for various rehabilitative and punitive crime control measures, by standard and compassionate groups.
| Group |
Effect size(η2) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compassion-enhanced |
Standard |
||||
| Rank | Mean spending(%) | Rank | Mean spending(%) | ||
| More prisons | 5 | 10.51 | 5 | 14.47 | .017 |
| More drug and alcohol treatment programmes for offenders | 3 | 21.55 | 1 | 22.48 | . 001 |
| More police on the street | 4 | 20.34 | 2 | 22.28 | .003 |
| More programmes aimed at the welfare of victims | 1 | 24.33 | 3 | 22.21 | .007 |
| More mental health treatment programmes for offenders* | 2 | 23.26 | 4 | 18.55 | .030 |
Note: *p < .05; Compassion-enhanced group n = 93; standard group n = 112.