JAPANESE AND AMERICAN ATTITUDES TOWARD THE ABOLOTION OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

• NCJ Number: 36454
• Journal: Criminology Volume: 14 Issue: 2 Dated: (AUGUST 1976) Pages: 271-275
• Author(s): J P ALSTON
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 5 pages
• Corporate Author: Sage Publications, Inc
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Survey (Cross-Cultural)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

COMPARISON OF SURVEY DATA FROM JAPAN AND THE US REFLECTING NATIONAL ATTITUDES TOWARD ABOLITION OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT AS A MEANS OF ILLUSTRATING THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF CROSS-CULTURAL SECONDARY ANALYSIS.

Abstract

THE DATA COMPARED WERE DERIVED FROM A 1967 JAPANESE SURVEY AND A 1972 AMERICAN SURVEY. INTERPRETATION PROBLEMS CAUSED BY DISPARATE HOMICIDE RATES AND TRENDS AND VARIOUS CULTURAL DIFFERENCES ARE DISCUSSED. THE ANALYSIS RESULTED IN A FINDING THAT BOTH COUNTRIES DO NOT FAVOR COMPLETE ABOLITION OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT AND THAT IN BOTH SAMPLES, YOUNGER AND MORE-EDUCATED MALES TEND TO BE LESS PUNITIVE.