Abstract

Over years of U.S. polls, women have consistently opposed capital punishment—especially in comparison to the attitudes of males. In addition, there has been a shift in the United States away from using the death penalty in cases of murder and toward using the long-term, open-ended, and often permanent confinement provided by the sentence of life without parole among all U.S. respondents. Using data from a poll of a representative sample of Kentucky residents conducted by the University of Kentucky’s Survey Research Center from March 4 to April 30, 2016, this study compares the attitudes of females and males concerning both capital punishment and life without parole to determine if a “gender gap” exists.

摘要

多年来美国的民意调查显示，女性一直反对死刑——尤其是与男性的态度相比。此外，在所有美国受访者中，美国已经从对谋杀案件使用死刑转向使用长期、无限制且通常是永久性的监禁，该监禁由终身监禁不得假释。 . 使用肯塔基大学调查研究中心于 2016 年 3 月 4 日至 4 月 30 日对肯塔基州居民的代表性样本进行的民意调查数据，本研究比较了女性和男性对死刑和不得假释生活的态度，以确定是否存在“性别差距”。