Welcome!

Thank you for taking the time to complete this survey, it is part of a study designed to better understand the perceptions individuals have of violent offenders.

The study consists of ten questions and should take no longer than 10 minutes to complete. Your responses are completely anonymous and you may withdraw from the survey at any time by closing this tab on your browser. Parts of the study offer the opportunity to write in a response should you desire to do so. The author makes no guarantees about anonymity regarding these responses. 

The author will use the data collected within the survey in an academically based study with the expressed intent of publishing the data in academically based journals. 

Should you have any concerns prior to participating you may contact the researcher directly at Carter.Matherly@gmail.com.  Any direct communication with the researcher will be kept strictly confidential unless otherwise explicitly discussed. 

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