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Perceptions of Neighborhood Safety and Support for the Reintroduction of Capital Punishment in Romania: Results from a Bucuresti Survey

College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Sociology, Arizona State University—West, P.O. Box 37100, Phoenix, Arizona 85609-7100, USA

Gennaro F. Vito

Department of Justice Administration, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA

Viviana Andreescu

Urban and Public Affairs, Department of Sociology, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA

Data from a probability sample of 400 households in Bucuresti are used to examine the nature of support for the reintroduction of the death penalty, abolished in 1989, in Romania. Results show that workers are more likely to support the reintroduction of the death penalty. Persons who see crime as increasing wish to reinstate the death penalty. Also, persons who perceive their neighborhoods as unsafe are more likely to support the return of executions. Two significant interaction effects were found. One was between worker status and perceptions of neighborhood safety. Neighborhood safety has the strongest negative effect on support for the reintroduction of capital punishment among workers. The second interaction effect was between perceptions that crime is increasing and perceptions of neighborhood safety. Among respondents who see crime as increasing, the variable of neighborhood safety has a positive effect on support for the reintroduction of capital punishment in Romania.

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, Vol. 43, No. 4, 514-534 (1999)
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X99434009


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