Attitudes towards the death penalty: a cross-cultural investigation

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dc.contributor.advisorLe Roux, A.
dc.contributor.authorAmbrosio, Célia Ventura
dc.date.accessioned2015-07-24T09:35:22Z
dc.date.available2015-07-24T09:35:22Z
dc.date.issued2005-11
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study was to determine people’s attitudes towards the death penalty. The aims of this research study were achieved by gathering data from a number of respondents aged 16 and older at several churches in the Bloemfontein area. Four denominations and six churches with a total of 400 respondents were involved in the study. A biographical questionnaire as well as a Death Penalty Attitude Scale were used. The influence of three independent variables such as gender, age and race were investigated. A factorial analysis of variance was used. After the statistical analysis, the variables found to have the greatest influence on people’s attitudes towards the death penalty were race and gender. The group as a whole had a negative attitude towards the death penalty. The white group was significantly more positive towards the death penalty than the black and coloured groups, while male’s attitudes towards the death penalty were significantly more positive than the females’. The variable age was not found to have a significant effect on the respondents’ attitudes towards the death penalty.en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11660/675
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherUniversity of the Free Stateen_ZA
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Free Stateen_ZA
dc.subjectDeath -- Psychological aspectsen_ZA
dc.subjectAttitudesen_ZA
dc.subjectViolenceen_ZA
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_ZA
dc.subjectRaceen_ZA
dc.subjectGenderen_ZA
dc.subjectAgeen_ZA
dc.subjectDeath penaltyen_ZA
dc.subjectDeath -- Social aspects -- South Africaen_ZA
dc.subjectCapital punishmenten_ZA
dc.subjectDissertation (M.A. (Psychology))--University of the Free State, 2005
dc.titleAttitudes towards the death penalty: a cross-cultural investigationen_ZA
dc.typeDissertationen_ZA
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