Public Support for Punishing or Treating People Who Use Drugs: The Mediating Roles of Harm and Blame
Published online on July 24, 2026
Abstract
Criminal Justice and Behavior, Ahead of Print.
While individual and contextual characteristics of drug use predict punishment and treatment support, research has not explored whether perceived harm and blame operate as mediators. Using a survey experiment given to a Lucid Theorem sample (n= 844) of ...
While individual and contextual characteristics of drug use predict punishment and treatment support, research has not explored whether perceived harm and blame operate as mediators. Using a survey experiment given to a Lucid Theorem sample (n= 844) of ...