TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1999//
TI  - Elite versus citizen attitudes on capital punishment: Incongruity between the public and policymakers
JO  - Journal of criminal justice
A1  - Whitehead, J. T.
A1  - Blankenship, M. B.
A1  - Wright, John Paul
SP  - 249
EP  - 258
VL  - 27
IS  - 3
N2  - 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 />
LA  - 
SN  - 0047-2352
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0047-2352(98)00063-4
ID  - ref1
ER  -