TY - JOUR
T1 - Public reasons for abolition and retention of the death penalty
AU - Van Koppen, Peter J.
AU - Hessing, Dick J.
AU - de Poot, Christianne J.
PY - 2002/5
Y1 - 2002/5
N2 - This article compares attitudes toward capital punisunent in the United States and in Europe. Views on the death penalty in the Netherlands are discussed, and similarities are drawn with opinions held throughout Western Europe. Data from several nations are compared, and the article examines why some countries retain the death penalty while most do not. The authors conclude that differences across countries may be explained by different political stuctue. Specifically, countries with two political parties are more likely to retain the death penalty than countries with multiple political parties.
AB - This article compares attitudes toward capital punisunent in the United States and in Europe. Views on the death penalty in the Netherlands are discussed, and similarities are drawn with opinions held throughout Western Europe. Data from several nations are compared, and the article examines why some countries retain the death penalty while most do not. The authors conclude that differences across countries may be explained by different political stuctue. Specifically, countries with two political parties are more likely to retain the death penalty than countries with multiple political parties.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84993660686&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/105756770201200104
DO - 10.1177/105756770201200104
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84993660686
SN - 1057-5677
VL - 12
SP - 77
EP - 92
JO - International Criminal Justice Review
JF - International Criminal Justice Review
IS - 1
ER -