Be Still My Heart: Determinants of Support for Capital Punishment Attitudes

The following research attempts to determine the factors used by an individual to develop an attitude on the political issue of capital punishment. Using data from the 2000 National Election Study and ordered probit analysis, this research produces a multivariate, multi-stage model of death penalty attitudes. Demographic factors such as race, age, gender, and education level are included in the initial stage of the model. Attitudinal variables such as party identification, ideology, and religiosity are added, one-by-one, in the second stage of the model to determine their own individual effect on death penalty attitudes, and their effect on the preceding demographic variables. The result is a comprehensive model of death penalty attitudes.

Name thesis:degree_name

M.A.

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Political Science

Year

2004

Author dc:creator

• Hall, Patrick Thomas More

Contributors dc:contributor

• Howell, Susan
• Day, Christine
• Neubauer, David

• Death penalty
• Capital punishment
• Public opinion

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/180

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarworks.uno.edu:td-1184