¿Formulación abierta o cerrada de las preguntas en los cuestionarios? Resultados de un experimento sobre opinión acerca de la finalidad de las penas

Carmen María León; Eva Aizpurua

doi:10.24310/Boletin-criminologico.2017.v23i0.4136

Authors

Carmen María León Centro de Investigación en Criminología de la Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha Spain
Eva Aizpurua Center for Social & Behavioral Research, University of Northern Iowa United States

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24310/Boletin-criminologico.2017.v23i0.4136

Keywords:

public opinion, attitudes toward punishment, survey research, split-ballot design

Abstract

The questionnaire is the most widely used data collection tool in Criminology. This paper analyzes the consequences of choosing open vs. closed questions on the results obtained in a study on attitudes towards
punishment. To this end a split-ballot experiment was used, dividing the sample (n = 100) into two equal halves, who received the same question but with different response formats. The results indicate that in both formulations the rehabilitation of the offender is the most chosen option. However, endorsements of the most typical objectives of restorative justice emerge to a lesser extent when the question is open.

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Author Biographies

Carmen María León, Centro de Investigación en Criminología de la Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha

Carmen María León es investigadora predoctoral en formación en el Centro de Investigación en Criminología de la Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha. Sus principales líneas de investigación son percepciones y actitudes hacia la justicia, género y victimización.

Eva Aizpurua, Center for Social & Behavioral Research, University of Northern Iowa

Eva Aizpurúa es investigadora postdoctoral en el Center for Social & Behavioral Research de la Universidad de Northern Iowa. Sus principales líneas de investigación incluyen percepciones y actitudes hacia la justicia; género, delincuencia y victimización, y metodología de encuestas

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