Introduction
For years there has been controversy over the death penalty, not only in the United States, but all over the world. Over the course of this project the topic of the research has stayed consistent. The death penalty is a very controversial topic and it has been since the late 1600s with the Salem Witchcraft Trials (Douglas, 2009). People would accuse individuals of practicing witchcraft and being witches. The community would then sentence the individual to death, usually by handing them. That strong opinions people have when it comes to the death penalty is still around today. Some people believe that it is cruel and unusual punishment and other believe that it gives the families of the victim’s closure and justice. Other believe …show more content…
This helps break up the data even more by gender so that you can look at what gender race also supports or does not support the death penalty. It also helps to look at the data presented in other articles to understand a person’s culture and race to determent the results of their support for the death penalty.
“The gender gap in capital punishment attitudes: An analysis of support and opposition” talks about the scientific study of the differences in opinion between males and females. The article talks about several explanations as to why there is a difference in opinion among males and females. Gilligan, a researcher mentioned in the article talks about how women tend to be more empathetic when it comes to sentencing than males. Women tend to believe that a person had to live with their selves while incarcerated knowing that they for example murdered someone.
The researchers from this article found that 80% of Males strongly supported the death penalty, whereas, only 65% of women supported the death penalty. It also found that 25% of women were in favor for life in prison and only 13% of men were in favor of that. Unfortunately, there was some data in the research that was missing. There were also key points on page 8 that talked about deterrence and the support of each
For years there has been controversy over the death penalty, not only in the United States, but all over the world. Over the course of this project the topic of the research has stayed consistent. The death penalty is a very controversial topic and it has been since the late 1600s with the Salem Witchcraft Trials (Douglas, 2009). People would accuse individuals of practicing witchcraft and being witches. The community would then sentence the individual to death, usually by handing them. That strong opinions people have when it comes to the death penalty is still around today. Some people believe that it is cruel and unusual punishment and other believe that it gives the families of the victim’s closure and justice. Other believe …show more content…
This helps break up the data even more by gender so that you can look at what gender race also supports or does not support the death penalty. It also helps to look at the data presented in other articles to understand a person’s culture and race to determent the results of their support for the death penalty.
“The gender gap in capital punishment attitudes: An analysis of support and opposition” talks about the scientific study of the differences in opinion between males and females. The article talks about several explanations as to why there is a difference in opinion among males and females. Gilligan, a researcher mentioned in the article talks about how women tend to be more empathetic when it comes to sentencing than males. Women tend to believe that a person had to live with their selves while incarcerated knowing that they for example murdered someone.
The researchers from this article found that 80% of Males strongly supported the death penalty, whereas, only 65% of women supported the death penalty. It also found that 25% of women were in favor for life in prison and only 13% of men were in favor of that. Unfortunately, there was some data in the research that was missing. There were also key points on page 8 that talked about deterrence and the support of each