The Impact of Race and Ethnicity on Student Opinions of Capital Punishment

Much of the research on public opinion and the death penalty indicates demographic differences in the levels of support and opposition to the use of capital punishment in America. This article explores the relationship between race/ethnicity group membership and support for the death penalty. We fin...

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Published in:Journal of ethnicity in criminal justice 2008-12, Vol.6 (4), p.255-280
Main Authors: Mallicoat, Stacy L., Brown, Gregory C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Capital Punishment
Death penalty
death penalty opinion
Ethnicity
knowledge
Marshall hypothesis
Membership
Opinions
Public Opinion
Race
race/ethnicity
Student Attitudes
United States of America
value expressive attitudes
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Summary:Much of the research on public opinion and the death penalty indicates demographic differences in the levels of support and opposition to the use of capital punishment in America. This article explores the relationship between race/ethnicity group membership and support for the death penalty. We find that not only does the receptivity to information and mutability of opinion on the death penalty vary from White, Hispanic/Latino(a), and Asian samples but the foundations of the value-expressive rational differ between the groups. In addition, the nature of value expression has significant effects on the receptivity and mutability by race/ethnicity.
ISSN:1537-7938
1537-7946
DOI:10.1080/15377930802530296