The nexus between attribution theory and racial attitudes: a test of racial attribution and public opinion of capital punishment

Trahan, Adam; Laird, Kaleigh

doi:10.1080/1478601x.2018.1509859

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“…Conversely, Kleck and Jackson (2017) found that fear of crime had no significant effect on general measures of punitiveness, such as support for longer prison sentences. One other study showed fear of crime could predict support for the death penalty among Whites but not Black respondents (Trahan & Laird, 2018).…”

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Support for the Death Penalty Reinstatement as a Protest Attitude: The Role of Political Trust

Peshkopia

Trahan

2020

International Criminal Justice Review

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We argue that support for the reinstatement of capital punishment might reflect protest against an untrustworthy judicial system, framing this as a protest attitude. We test our argument with data from a probability sample of 2,366 respondents in Albania collected in 2015 via a cell phone random digit dialing technique. We found that respondents’ support for the reinstatement of the death penalty is associated with lack of trust in the country’s judiciary but not necessarily respondents prioritizing the war on crime. Also, we found that skepticism toward European Union (EU) membership conditionality as a drive for the country’s democratization is a good predictor of support for the reinstatement of the death penalty, but there is no evidence that respondents related their support for the country’s EU membership with support for capital punishment.

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Support for the Death Penalty Reinstatement as a Protest Attitude: The Role of Political Trust

Peshkopia

Trahan

2020

International Criminal Justice Review

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“…Although the questioning of public attitudes on the introduction and application of the death penalty in the legislative system of states is widely discussed in the literature, as a limitation they appear a greater focus on examining the attitudes of students than other members of the community. A review of the literature found largely consistent results of scientific studies on the levels of support for the death penalty in different countries, the factors that encourage detention, and support for the death penalty among different social groups (Trahan & Laird, 2018).…”

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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

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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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“…Although the questioning of public attitudes on the introduction and application of death penalty in the legislative system of states is widely discussed in the literature, as a limitation there appears a greater focus on examining the attitudes of students than other members of the community. A review of the literature found largely consistent results of scientific studies on the levels of support for death penalty in different countries, the factors that encourage detention, and support for death penalty among different social groups (Trahan & Laird, 2018). Starting from the importance of researching the influence of individual differences in personality on the formation of attitudes about death penalty, Kandola and Egan (2014) found that high extraversion and conscientiousness, low openness and emotional stability, and lower attitudes toward abortion significantly predict support for the use of the death penalty.…”

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“…Several published survey approaches were consulted (Haney et al, 2015;Trahan & Laird, 2018;Vollum et al, 2004;Kandola & Egan, 2014;Hurwitz & Smithey, 1998;Lambert et al, 2009Lambert et al, , 2016Peshkopia & Voss, 2016a, 2016bUnnever et al, 2005;Whitehead & Blankenship, 2000) and adapted to the conditions of the Serbian demographic and socioeconomic status (Appendix). In June 2021, a pilot pre-test of the questionnaire was conducted in Belgrade (Central Serbia) with 30 participants to assess the questionnaire's comprehensibility and efficiency.…”

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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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The nexus between attribution theory and racial attitudes: a test of racial attribution and public opinion of capital punishment

Cited by 5 publications

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Support for the Death Penalty Reinstatement as a Protest Attitude: The Role of Political Trust

Support for the Death Penalty Reinstatement as a Protest Attitude: The Role of Political Trust

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

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