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- Title
ATTITUDINAL CHANGE AMONG STUDENTS IN A CAPITAL PUNISHMENT CLASS: IT MAY BE POSSIBLE.
- Authors
Maria Sandys
- Abstract
Students who participated in a class on capital punishment recorded their attitudes toward the topic on a weekly basis and completed a one year follow-up. The results demonstrate that by the end of the semester 65% of the students indicated opposition to capital punishment. Moreover, one year after the class 73% of the students maintained some degree of opposition to capital punishment. The difficulties associated with assessing attitudinal change as a result of participating in a class and reasons for the discrepancy between the findings of this study and previous research are discussed.
- Subjects
CAPITAL punishment; CRIMINAL law education; EXECUTIONS &; executioners; STUDENT attitudes; DEATH row; THANATOLOGY; COLLEGE students; EDUCATION; ROMAN law
- Publication
American Journal of Criminal Justice, 1995, Vol 20, Issue 1, p37
- ISSN
1066-2316
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/BF02886117