Entry:
Young, Robert L., "Race, Conceptions of Crime and Justice, and Support for the Death Penalty," Social Psychology Quarterly, 54 (1991), 67-75.
Abstract:
Blacks' views of capital punishment are more likely to be shaped by perceptions of the law and criminal justice system, whereas whites' views of the death penalty revolve around issues of criminal behavior.
GSS Years:1972-1988
Other Data Sets:
DAS 1979
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| CAPPUN |
FAVOR OR OPPOSE DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER |