Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ526730
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1996
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The Misperception of Public Opinion Toward Capital Punishment.
McGarrell, Edmund F.; Sandys, Marla
American Behavioral Scientist, v39 n4 p500-13 Feb 1996
Contends that often lawmakers misread their constituents' opinions on important issues. Presents data from an Indiana survey that suggest support for the death penalty vanishes when citizens are given the option of life in prison without possibility of parole combined with a requirement of work and restitution. (MJP)
Descriptors: Capital Punishment, Conservatism, Correctional Institutions, Correctional Rehabilitation, Crime, Criminal Law, Criminals, Death, Higher Education, Law Enforcement, Law Related Education, Liberalism, Public Affairs Education, Public Opinion, Public Policy, Punishment, Sentencing, Social Science Research, Victims of Crime, Violence
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Audience: Teachers; Researchers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Indiana
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