RT Article
T1 Kentuckian’s Attitudes on Capital Punishment, 1989–2016
JF American journal of criminal justice
VO 43
IS 4
SP 861
OP 870
A1 Vito, Gennaro F.
A2 Higgins, George E.
A2 Vito, Anthony G.
LA English
YR 2018
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1764206762
AB Citizens’ attitudes toward the death penalty have been effected by the availability of life without parole (LWOP). Our analysis focuses upon data from a representative sample of Kentuckians on death penalty attitudes. The factors influencing and related to death penalty support and compared to support for LWOP are considered along with a review of Kentucky survey findings from 1989–2016. The results reveal consistent support for LWOP over the death penalty. Male Kentucky residents with a college education were most likely to support life without parole over capital punishment while male conservatives did not.
K1 Life Without Parole
K1 Attitudes toward capital punishment
DO 10.1007/s12103-017-9429-z