Racial-ethnic intolerance and support for capital punishment: A cross-national comparison

Criminology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 831-864

  Unnever, James D ^a   Cullen, Francis T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA SARASOTA MANATEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Capital punishment; Comparative criminology; Public opinion; Punitiveness; Racial intolerance

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955728424     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: 17459125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2010.00203.x     Document Type: Article

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