Entry:

Rankin, Joseph H., "Changing Attitudes Toward Capital Punishment," Social Forces, 58 (September, 1979), 194-211.

Abstract:

The growth in support for capital punishment since 1963 is explained by the increasing crime rate. Because crime was an issue in the 1968 presidential election, concern about crime intensified which resulted in a hardening of attitudes. Personality characteristics and victimization do not affect attitudes toward the death penalty.

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