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The enduring racial divide in death penalty support

✍ Scribed by John K. Cochran; Mitchell B. Chamlin

Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
2006
Tongue
English
Weight
178 KB
Volume
34
Category
Article
ISSN
0047-2352

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✦ Synopsis

One of the more enduring observations in the study of death penalty support within the United States is the strong divide between Whites and Blacks. Whites show significantly higher levels of support for capital punishment than Blacks. This divide between Whites and Blacks appeared in all surveys, over time, and across a variety of methodological designs. Using data from three separate studies (two local surveys of venirepersons and the NORC-General Social Surveys), this study attempted to understand the basis for this divide. It examined racial differences in socioeconomic status, religion/religiosity, political ideology, positions on right-to-life and other social issues, fear of crime and victimization experience, experience with the criminal justice system, philosophies of punishment, and attribution styles. The findings revealed that the effect of race/ethnicity on capital punishment support continued to hold while controlling for the effects of nearly all of these bexplanations.Q

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