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Racial Differences in Death Penalty Support and Opposition

A Preliminary Study of White and Black College Students

David N. Baker

University of Toledo

Eric G. Lambert

University of Toledo

Morris Jenkins

University of Toledo

Although the death penalty has a long history, it is not without debate and differing views. There appears to be a gap between Whites and Blacks in terms of their support of capital punishment. Students at a Midwestern university were surveyed to determine whether there were differences between the two groups of students in reasons to support or oppose the death penalty. In bivariate tests, there were significant differences between White and Black students on 15 of 16 measures for reasons for supporting or opposing capital punishment. These differences continued for 10 of the 16 measures even after multivariate analysis controlled for the effects of gender, age, and academic level. The results are discussed.

Key Words: death penalty attitudes • punishment attitudes • attitudes of African Americans • attitudes of Whites

Journal of Black Studies, Vol. 35, No. 4, 201-224 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/0021934704263126
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