ABSTRACT
Much of the research on public opinion and the death penalty indicates demographic differences in the levels of support and opposition to the use of capital punishment in America. This article explores the relationship between race/ethnicity group membership and support for the death penalty. We find that not only does the receptivity to information and mutability of opinion on the death penalty vary from White, Hispanic/Latino(a), and Asian samples but the foundations of the value-expressive rational differ between the groups. In addition, the nature of value expression has significant effects on the receptivity and mutability by race/ethnicity.
The authors would like to thank the reviewers of this manuscript for their valuable feedback. Special thanks to Scott Vollum and Jacqueline Buffington-Vollum of James Madison University for their support. This manuscript was presented at the 2007 annual meeting of the Western Society of Criminology, Scottsdale, AZ.
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