Capital punishment views in China and the United States: A preliminary study among college students

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 84-97

  Jiang, Shanhe ^a   Lambert, Eric G ^a   Wang, Jin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Capital punishment views; China; College students; Death penalty; The United States

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CHINA; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PUNISHMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CAPITAL PUNISHMENT; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 33845990542     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: 15526933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X06294138     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. Bailey, W. C., & Peterson, R. D. (1997). Murder, capital punishment, and deterrence: A review of the literature. In H. A. Bedau (Ed.), The death penalty in America: Current controversies (pp. 90-115). New York: Oxford University Press.
2. BBC News. (2005). China to review death sentences. Retrieved September 27, 2005, from http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4285674.stm
3. Cao, L., & Cullen, F. T. (2001). Thinking about crime and control: A comparative study of Chinese and American ideology. International Criminal Justice Review, 11, 58-81.
4. Ellsworth, P. C., & Gross, S. R. (1997). Hardening of the attitudes: Americans views on the death penalty. In H. A. Bedau (Ed.), The death penalty in America: Current controversies (pp. 135-161). New York: Oxford University Press.
5. Hewitt, J. D., Regoli, A., Regoli, R. M., & Iadicola, P. (2004). A comparison of death penalty opinion among university students in the United States and Taiwan. Crime and Criminal Justice International, 3, 73-102.
6. Hu, Y. (2002). Application of the death penalty in Chinese judicial practice. In J. Chen, Y. Li, & J. M. Otto (Eds.), Implementation of law in the People's Republic of China (pp. 247-275). Boston: Kluwer Law International.
7. Jiao, A. Y. (2001). Police and culture: A comparison between China and the United States. Police Quarterly, 4, 156-185.
8. Liang, B., Lu, H., Miethe, T. D., & Zhang, L. (2006). Sources of variation in pro-death penalty attitudes in China. British Journal of Criminology, 46, 119-130.
9. Lu, H., & Zhang, L. (2005). Death penalty in China: The law and the practice. Journal of Criminal Justice, 33, 367-376.
10. Miethe, T. D., & Lu, H. (2005). Punishment: A comparative historical perspective. New York: Cambridge University Press.
11. Rojek, D. G. (2001). Chinese social control: From shaming and reintegration to "getting rich is glorious". In J. Liu, L. Zhang, & S. F. Messner (Eds.), Crime and social control in a changing China (pp. 89-103). Westport, CT: Greenwood.
12. Yang, D., & Zhang, J. (1998). Prison systems with Chinese characters. Beijing, China: Law Press.
13. Zhang, L., Messner, S. F., & Lu, Z. (1999). Public legal education and inmates' perceptions of the legitimacy of official punishment in China. British Journal of Criminology, 39, 433-449.