Attitudinal change among students in a capital punishment class: It may be possible

Students who participated in a class on capital punishment recorded their attitudes toward the topic on a weekly basis and completed a one year follow-up. The results demonstrate that by the end of the semester 65% of the students indicated opposition to capital punishment. Moreover, one year after...

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Autor principal: Sandys, Marla (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 1995
En: American journal of criminal justice
Año: 1995, Volumen: 20, Número: 1, Páginas: 37-55
Acceso en línea: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Palabras clave:
Attitudinal Change
Subject Role
Attitude Score
Attitude Change
Capital Punishment
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Sumario:Students who participated in a class on capital punishment recorded their attitudes toward the topic on a weekly basis and completed a one year follow-up. The results demonstrate that by the end of the semester 65% of the students indicated opposition to capital punishment. Moreover, one year after the class 73% of the students maintained some degree of opposition to capital punishment. The difficulties associated with assessing attitudinal change as a result of participating in a class and reasons for the discrepancy between the findings of this study and previous research are discussed.
ISSN:1936-1351
DOI:10.1007/BF02886117