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Capital Punishment Views in China and the United States

A Preliminary Study Among College Students

Shanhe Jiang

The University of Toledo, Ohio

Eric G. Lambert

The University of Toledo, Ohio

Jin Wang

Zhongshan University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China

There is a lack of research on attitudes toward capital punishment in China, and there is even less research on cross-national comparisons of capital punishment views. Using data recently collected from college students in the United States and China, this study finds that U.S. and Chinese students have differences in their views on the death penalty and its functions of deterrence, rehabilitation, and incapacitation. This study also reveals that the respondents’ perspectives of deterrence, rehabilitation, retribution, and incapacitation all affect their attitudes toward the death penalty in the United States, whereas only the first three views affect attitudes toward capital punishment in China. Furthermore, retribution is the strongest predictor in the United States, whereas deterrence is the strongest predictor in China.

Key Words: capital punishment views • death penalty • college students • China • the United States

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, Vol. 51, No. 1, 84-97 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X06294138
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