. Anger and Support for Punitive Justice in Mexico’s Drug War

• In Event: The Politics of Repression and Selective Violence

Brief Overview

We argue that public outrage increases the demand for punitiveness, even at the expense of the rule of law. We test our theory using observational and experimental studies using data from an original survey of 1,200 individuals in Western Mexico.

Authors

• Omar Garcia Ponce, George Washington University

• Lauren Elyssa Young, UC Davis

• Thomas Zeitzoff, American University