Entry:

Otterbein, Keith F., The Ultimate Coercive Sanction. New Haven, CT: HRAF Press, 1986.


Abstract:

Nearly all cultures utilize capital punishment and have members which support its use, primarily to dispose of transgressors for actions viewed as a threat to the community.

GSS Years:

1972-1980

Other Data Sets:

Human Relations Area Files

GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document:

Variable Name

Variable Label

 
 
CAPPUN

FAVOR OR OPPOSE DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER