The minority threat hypothesis contends that growth in the size of a given minority population along with the ensuing competition for social and political resources will threaten existing social power arrangements. Regarding punishment specifically, the hypothesis states that dominant groups will support coercive measures to keep minority populations sufficiently oppressed. Using the minority threat hypothesis as our theoretical foundation, we posit that the more heterogeneous a population, the more social control will be necessary to maintain societal equilibrium for those in power. In effect a more personal, physical, and visceral response to criminal behavior will be deemed necessary in countries with high levels of fractionalization. This more focused form of social discipline will manifest as corporal punishment. Comparing modalities of punishment against varying population characteristics, we find that countries with higher levels of ethnic, linguistic, and religious fractionalization are more likely to employ corporal punishment against criminal offenders.View full textDownload full textKeywordscorporal punishment, racial threat, fractionalization, heterogeneity, cross-nationalRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01924036.2012.655408
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机译：少数群体威胁假说认为，给定的少数族裔人口规模的增长以及随之而来的对社会和政治资源的竞争将威胁到现有的社会权力安排。具体而言，在惩罚方面，该假设指出，统治集团将支持强制性措施，以使少数民族受到充分压迫。使用少数派威胁假设作为我们的理论基础，我们认为，人口越多样化，为掌权者维持社会均衡所必需的社会控制就越必要。实际上，在高度细分的国家中，将有必要对犯罪行为采取更个人，更肉体和更内在的反应。这种更加集中的社会纪律形式将表现为体罚。比较针对不同人口特征的惩罚方式，我们发现种族，语言和宗教分割程度较高的国家更有可能对犯罪分子进行体罚。查看全文下载全文关键词体罚，种族威胁，分割，异质性，交叉-nationalRelated var addthis_config = {ui_cobrand：“泰勒和弗朗西斯在线”，servicescompact：“ citeulike，netvibes，twitter，technorati，delicious，linkedin，facebook，stumbleupon，digg，google，更多”，发布号：“ ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b”};添加到候选列表链接永久链接http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01924036.2012.655408
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