Societal preferences for the treatment of impulsive-violent offenders: a discrete choice experiment.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The aim of this study is to quantify societal preferences for, and assess trade-offs between characteristics of treatment programmes for impulsive-violent offenders.

Setting

The study was conducted in New South Wales, Australia's largest state.

Participants

The study participants were income tax payers, aged over 18 and who were able to provide informed consent.

Methods

A discrete choice experiment was used to assess the preferences for treatment programmes for impulsive violent offenders. The survey presented participants with six choice sets in which they chose between two unlabelled treatment scenarios and a 'no treatment' choice. A random parameters logistic (RPL) model and a latent class (LC) model were used to analyse the societal preferences f

SUBMITTER: Settumba S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8211084 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature