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Citation |
Whitehead JT, Blankenship MB, Wright JP. J. Crim. Justice 1999; 27(3): 249-258. |
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(Copyright © 1999, Elsevier Publishing) |
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Abstract |
The results of a survey of Tennessee legislators, prosecutors, and public defenders were compared to the results of a general citizen survey to analyze attitudes toward capital punishment in the two groups. The study is a replication of McGarrell and Sandys's study of Indiana legislators, which found some degree of pluralistic ignorance: both legislators and citizens had misperceptions of the other's attitudes. Results suggested that, similar to their Indiana counterparts, Tennessee legislators overestimate the degree of citizen support for the death penalty. |