Hardening of the Attitudes: Americans' Views on the Death Penalty

American support for the death penalty has steadily increased since 1966, when opponents outnumbered supporters, and now in the mid-1990s is at a near record high. Research over the last 20 years has tended to confirm the hypothesis that most people’s death penalty attitudes (pro or con) are based o...

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Autor principal: Ellsworth, Phoebe C. (Autor)
Otros Autores: Gross, Samuel R.
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 1994
En:Año: 1994
Acceso en línea: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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