%0 Journal Article
%T Elite versus citizen attitudes on capital punishment: Incongruity between the public and policymakers
%J Journal of criminal justice
%D 1999
%A Whitehead, J. T.
%A Blankenship, M. B.
%A Wright, John Paul
%V 27
%N 3
%P 249-258
%X 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 />
%G 
%I Elsevier Publishing
%@ 0047-2352
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0047-2352(98)00063-4