Explaining Spatial Variation in Support for Capital Punishment: A Multilevel Analysis  

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Baumer, Eric P. ; Messner, Steven F. ; Rosenfeld, Richard

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: AJS: American Journal of Sociology vol. 108 no. 04 (Jan. 2003), page 844-875.
Topik: death penalty; Capital Punishment; economic; pollitical; Social
Fulltext: A13 vol. 108 no. 04 (Jan. 2003) p844.PDF (169.55KB)

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This research examines the effects of social context on support for the death penalty using individual-level data from the 1974-98 General Social Survey (GSS), which have been linked with aggregatelevel data on homicide rates and sociodemographic, political, and economic characteristics. Consistent with instrumental, social threat, and constructionist perspectives, this study finds that residents of areas with higher homicide rates, a larger proportion of blacks, and a more conservative political climate are significantly more likely to support the death penalty, net of compositional differences. These results warrant further attention to contextual and individual sources of public support for the death penalty.

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