RT Article
T1 Acculturation and Capital Punishment: The Effect of Mexico Versus United States Cultural Orientations on Public Support for the Death Penalty
JF International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
VO 63
IS 8
SP 1220
OP 1241
A1 Updegrove, Alexander H.
LA English
YR 2019
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1670713598
AB 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.
K1 Death penalty
K1 Capital punishment
K1 Acculturation
K1 Public opinion
K1 Todesstrafe
K1 Einstellung
K1 Kulturelle Faktoren
DO 10.1177/0306624X18815993