The Gender Gap in Attitudes toward Capital Punishment and Life without Parole (LWOP) in Kentucky

Over years of U.S. polls, women have consistently opposed capital punishment—especially in comparison to the attitudes of males. In addition, there has been a shift in the United States away from using the death penalty in cases of murder and toward using the long-term, open-ended, and often permane...

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Main Author: Vito, Anthony G. (Author)
Contributors: Vito, Gennaro F. ; Higgins, George E.
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2025
In: Women & criminal justice
Year: 2025, Volume: 35, Issue: 2, Pages: 108-118
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
Life Without Parole
Death Penalty
Capital punishment attitudes
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Summary:Over years of U.S. polls, women have consistently opposed capital punishment—especially in comparison to the attitudes of males. In addition, there has been a shift in the United States away from using the death penalty in cases of murder and toward using the long-term, open-ended, and often permanent confinement provided by the sentence of life without parole among all U.S. respondents. Using data from a poll of a representative sample of Kentucky residents conducted by the University of Kentucky’s Survey Research Center from March 4 to April 30, 2016, this study compares the attitudes of females and males concerning both capital punishment and life without parole to determine if a “gender gap” exists.
ISSN:1541-0323
DOI:10.1080/08974454.2022.2126745