Table 2.
Factors influencing perceptions of whether penalties for crime need to increase
| Coeff | |
|---|---|
| Variables | (Robust SE) |
| Age | -0.008** |
| (0.003) | |
| Sex | 0.055 |
| (0.096) | |
| Education | -0.022 |
| (0.015) | |
| Monthly Household Income | 0.008 |
| (0.014) | |
| Fear of Crime | 0.360*** |
| (0.100) | |
| Victim of Crime in the Last 12 Months | 0.154 |
| (0.114) | |
| Ideology | 0.014 |
| (0.018) | |
| Trust in the Military | 0.094*** |
| (0.030) | |
| Confidence that Judiciary will Punish the Guilty | -0.012 |
| (0.048) | |
| Constant | 5.484*** |
| (0.317) | |
| F | 3.65 |
| Observations | 1,123 |
| R-squared | 0.033 |
Robust standard errors in parentheses
*** p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05, * p < 0.1