RT Article
T1 Support for the Death Penalty in Cases of Rape and Sexual Assault: Variation between Victim Age Categories
JF International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
VO 65
IS 16
SP 1823
OP 1846
A1 Dierenfeldt, Rick
A2 Scott, Samantha
A2 Iles, Gale
A2 Rosenberger, Jared
A2 Smith, Merideth
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1775776085
AB Research exploring attitudes toward the death penalty is common in the field of criminal justice. Additionally, a substantial body of literature has examined public perceptions of sex offenders and punishment in the U.S. Unfortunately, few studies have sought to examine perceptions of the death penalty in relation to sexual offending. This study contributes to the literature by examining perceptions of the college students at a mid-sized university in the Southeastern United States as they relate to support for the death penalty in cases of sexual assault across victim age categories. Findings suggest that respondent perceptions are shaped by biological sex, political affiliation, college major, fear of crime, and parents’ level of education, and these relationships are uniform across victim age categories. Further, support for the death penalty appears inversely related with victim age.
K1 punishment of sex offenders
K1 Sexual Assault
K1 Rape
K1 SEX offenders
K1 Death Penalty
DO 10.1177/0306624X20983742