Gender and Capital Punishment Views Among Japanese and U.S. College Students

Gender is a strong predictor of death penalty support and views in the United States, with men being more supportive and punitive than women. This exploratory study was undertaken to determine whether these same differences would be present in Japan, a nation that also imposes the death penalty. Stu...

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Published inInternational criminal justice review Vol. 26; no. 4; pp. 337 - 358
Main Authors Lambert, Eric G., Jiang, Shanhe, Williamson, Lorri C., Elechi, O. Oko, Khondaker, Mahfuzul I., Baker, David N., Saito, Toyoji
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.12.2016
College of Public and Urban Affairs, Georgia State University
Subjects
Capital punishment
College students
Females
Gender differences
Japan
Student attitudes
United States
United States > US
Japan
death penalty support
gender
capital punishment views
United States
Japan
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Summary:Gender is a strong predictor of death penalty support and views in the United States, with men being more supportive and punitive than women. This exploratory study was undertaken to determine whether these same differences would be present in Japan, a nation that also imposes the death penalty. Students at a Japanese university and a U.S. university were surveyed. While the proportion of students supporting the death penalty in the United States and Japan were similar, U.S. women were less supportive and less punitive than U.S. men, while Japanese women were more likely to support the death penalty and hold more punitive views than Japanese men.
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ISSN:1057-5677
1556-3855
DOI:10.1177/1057567716672515