NCJ Number
36454
Journal
Criminology Volume: 14 Issue: 2 Dated: (AUGUST 1976) Pages: 271-275
Date Published
1976
Length
5 pages
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.