1. Views on the death penalty among college students in India.
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Lambert, Eric G., Pasupuleti, Sudershan, Shanhe Jiang, Jaishankar, K., and Bhimarasetty, Jagadish V.
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CAPITAL punishment , *COLLEGE student attitudes , *PUNISHMENT in crime deterrence , *RETRIBUTION ,LAW of India - Abstract
While research abounds on attitudes toward capital punishment in the United States, such work has been lacking in non-western nations--particularly in India, the world's largest democracy. Data recently collected have revealed variance in levels of support for the death penalty among Indian college students: 44 percent express some degree of opposition, 13 percent are uncertain, and 43 percent express some degree of support. Reasons for support or opposition also exhibited variance. According to a multivariate analysis, statistically significant reasons for support included retribution, instrumentalist goals, and incapacitation; while significant reasons for opposition included morality and the belief that deterrence could be achieved by imposing sentences of life without parole. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2008
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