How Strong Is Public Support for the Death Penalty in Singapore?

Chan, Wing Cheong; Tan, Ern Ser; Lee, Jack Tsen-Ta; Mathi, Braema

doi:10.1007/s11417-017-9260-y

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“…While some studies (Vito, Keil, & Andreescu, 1999) point out that opposition to the death penalty is more common among the highly educated, others (Thinley & Ziegler Jr, 2020) indicate that education does not affect attitudes toward support for the death penalty. Contrary to previous insights into uninformed public prejudice as a source of public support for the death penalty (Chan, Tan, Lee, & Mathi, 2018;Cochran & Chamlin, 2005), Liu (2021) found that greater support for the death penalty is widespread among the elite. residents with higher education in China.…”

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confidence: 84%

“…An unavoidable issue in a wide range of scientific studies is the relationship between education and attitudes towards the death penalty (Kuehn, Ridener, & Scott, 2018). Contrary to previous insights into uninformed public prejudice as a source of public support for the death penalty (Chan, Tan, Lee, & Mathi, 2018;Cochran & Chamlin, 2005). Liu (2021) found that greater support for the death penalty was widespread among the elite, ie residents with higher education in China.…”

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The Predictive Model of Citizens’ Attitudes About the Risks of Introducing the Death Penalty in the Legal System: A Case Study of Serbia

Cvetković¹,

Bugarski²,

Ristivojević³

et al. 2021

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This paper presents the results of quantitative research regarding the predictive model of citizens' attitudes about the risks of introducing the death penalty in the Republic of Serbia legal system. The research was conducted with the use of a questionnaire that was requested and then collected online from 427 people in June 2021. A multivariate regression analysis was used, identifying the extent to total scores of the main dependent variables (introducing the death penalty; trust in the legal system; advantages of introduction; disadvantages of introduction scores) were associated with five demographic and socio-economic variables: gender, marital, education, income, and age. We tested the central hypothesis of which gender is predicting variables citizens' attitudes about the risks of introducing the death penalty in the legal system of Serbia. The findings revealed that gender and educational level were the most effective predictors of the research variables under question. The majority of respondents support the introduction of the death penalty and the most important predictor of disadvantages of introducing the death penalty in the legal system is age. Based on the findings that there are major differences in the citizens' attitudes about the risks of introducing the death penalty in the legal system, policies, strategies, and regulations must take into account these very important findings.

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The Predictive Model of Citizens’ Attitudes About the Risks of Introducing the Death Penalty in the Legal System: A Case Study of Serbia

Cvetković¹,

Bugarski²,

Ristivojević³

et al. 2021

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“…An unavoidable issue in a wide range of scientific studies is the relationship between education and attitudes towards death penalty (Kuehn et al, 2018). Contrary to previous insights into uninformed public prejudice as a source of public support for death penalty (Chan et al, 2018;Cochran & Chamlin, 2005), Liu (2021) found that greater support for death penalty was widespread among the elite, i.e. the residents with higher education in China.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 75%

“…While some studies (Vito et al, 1999) point out that opposition to death penalty is more common among the highly educated, others (Thinley & Ziegler, 2020) indicate that education does not affect attitudes toward support for death penalty. Liu (2021) has discovered that stronger promotion of death sentence is widely disseminated among the elite, contrary to earlier insights into ignorant public prejudice as a public source of support for death penalty (Chan et al, 2018;Cochran & Chamlin, 2005). Hessing et al (2003) also referred to the poorly, younger people who defend death sentence in the Netherlands (Kuzina et al, 2020).…”

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The predictive model of citizens' attitudes about the risks of introducing death penalty in the Serbian criminal justice system

Cvetković¹,

Bugarski²,

Martinović³

2022

Nauka bezbednost policija

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This paper presents quantitative research results regarding the predictive model of citizens' attitudes about the risks of introducing death penalty in the Serbian criminal justice system. We tested the central hypothesis of which gender is predicting variable in citizens' attitudes about the risks of introducing the death penalty in the Serbian criminal justice system. The research was conducted with the use of a questionnaire that was requested and then collected online from 427 people in June 2021. A multivariate regression analysis was used, identifying the extent to which total scores of the main dependent variables (introducing the death penalty; trust in the criminal justice system; advantages of introduction; disadvantages of introduction scores) were associated with five demographic and socio-economic variables: gender, marital status, education, income, and age. The findings revealed that gender and educational level were the most effective predictors of the research variables under question. The majority of respondents support the introduction of death penalty and the most important predictor of disadvantages of introducing death penalty in the Serbian criminal justice system is age. Based on the findings that there are major differences in the citizens' attitudes about the risks of introducing death penalty in the criminal justice system, policies, strategies, and regulations must take into account these very important findings. The presented model can be used for a more detailed understanding of people's attitudes regarding the support and opposition to the introduction of death penalty in the Serbian criminal justice system.

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“…Research on public attitudes toward the death penalty has largely focused on samples from the United States (Stack, 2004). Nevertheless, scholars have studied predictors of death penalty support in countries such as Australia (Kelley & Braithwaite, 1990), Bosnia and Herzegovina (Muftic, Maljevic, Mandic, & Buljubasic, 2015), China (Cao & Cullen, 2001; Jiang, Hu, & Lambert, 2018), India (Lambert, Pasupuleti, Jiang, Jaishankar, & Bhimarasetty, 2008), Japan (Jiang, Pilot, & Saito, 2010; Sato, 2017), Mexico (Brown, Benedict, & Buckler, 2010; Updegrove & Orrick, 2018), Singapore (Chan, Tan, Lee, & Mathi, 2018), South Korea (Choi, Jiang, & Lambert, 2017), and the Netherlands (Hessing, de Keijser, & Elffers, 2003), among others. A related body of work has compared and contrasted predictors of death penalty support between international and U.S. samples (Elechi, Lambert, & Ventura, 2006; Jiang, Lambert, & Wang, 2007; Lambert et al, 2016).…”

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confidence: 99%

Acculturation and Capital Punishment: The Effect of Mexico Versus United States Cultural Orientations on Public Support for the Death Penalty

Updegrove

2018

Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol

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Few studies have explored how the intersection of vastly different cultures, like those of the United States and Mexico, influences death penalty support. The present study uses the Acculturation Rating Scale for Mexican Americans-II to examine whether individuals who are more closely aligned with U.S. culture are more likely to support the death penalty than individuals more closely aligned with Mexican culture. Findings support this conclusion. Findings also reveal that the significance of predictors for death penalty support varies between Mexican- and U.S.-oriented subsamples. Thus, this study reaffirms the importance for researchers to consider cultural context when examining public attitudes toward the death penalty, especially when using samples from a single, multicultural country such as the United States.

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How Strong Is Public Support for the Death Penalty in Singapore?

Cited by 6 publications

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The Predictive Model of Citizens’ Attitudes About the Risks of Introducing the Death Penalty in the Legal System: A Case Study of Serbia

The Predictive Model of Citizens’ Attitudes About the Risks of Introducing the Death Penalty in the Legal System: A Case Study of Serbia

The predictive model of citizens' attitudes about the risks of introducing death penalty in the Serbian criminal justice system

Acculturation and Capital Punishment: The Effect of Mexico Versus United States Cultural Orientations on Public Support for the Death Penalty

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