Chinese Death Penalty Views

• In Event: Public Opinion and Justice System's Views of Sentencing and Social Control Policies

Abstract

The current study surveyed Chinese citizens about their views of capital punishment (N=426) to explore the factors which predict level of death penalty support and if and how support varied among different types of crimes. The results will be presented and discussed.

Authors

• Shanhe Jiang, Wayne State University

• Eric Lambert, University of Nevada, Reno

• Jianhong Liu, The University of Macau