@article{ref1,
title="Elite versus citizen attitudes on capital punishment: Incongruity between the public and policymakers",
journal="Journal of criminal justice",
year="1999",
author="Whitehead, J. T. and Blankenship, M. B. and Wright, John Paul",
volume="27",
number="3",
pages="249-258",
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.<p />",
language="",
issn="0047-2352",
doi="10.1016/S0047-2352(98)00063-4",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0047-2352(98)00063-4"
}