Citation

Trahan A, Dixon A, Nodeland B. Crim. Justice Rev. 2019; 44(4): 452-469.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Georgia State University Public and Urban Affairs, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0734016818818687

PMID

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Abstract

Extant research on the demographic correlates of capital punishment opinion has separately analyzed race, gender, and class. Intersectionality has shown a flaw of this approach is that these characteristics overlap and interact to shape people's identities and opinions. Using data from the Cumulative File of the General Social Survey (1972-2016), we regressed capital punishment opinion on respondents' race, gender, and class intersections.

FINDINGS show wide variation in opposition to capital punishment. Implications of the findings, including the superiority of the intersectional approach, are discussed.

Language: en