Hessing Dick J, de Keijser Jan W, Elffers Henk
Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Law Hum Behav. 2003 Dec;27(6):605-22. doi: 10.1023/b:lahu.0000004889.11826.de.
A substantial minority (35%) of the Dutch population is in favor of capital punishment. In this paper, it is argued that in a staunchly abolitionist country such as The Netherlands, the existence and perseverance of such support can be better understood and explained by conceiving of capital punishment support in attitudinal terms as part of a law and order syndrome. Death penalty attitudes are analyzed by means of hierarchic logistic regression analysis. It is shown that support can be modeled quite well, partly in terms of general attitudes to criminal justice, partly in terms of political and sociodemographic parameters. Within the criminal justice attitudes complex, more support is found among those endorsing harsh treatment of offenders, those willing to grant far-reaching powers to justice authorities, those believing that the government is not delivering on the topic of crime fighting, and those who are concerned about the level of crime. Within the political context, more support is enlisted among people who abstain from voting and those who vote at either extreme of the political spectrum as opposed to central parties' supporters. In sociodemographic segments it is the younger and poorly educated who are the strongest supporters of capital punishment. It is suggested that endorsing capital punishment can be better understood as an expressive act, displaying dissatisfaction with judicial and political elites in the country.
相当一部分（35%）的荷兰民众支持死刑。本文认为，在像荷兰这样坚定废除死刑的国家，这种支持的存在和持续存在可以通过将对死刑的支持视为法律与秩序综合征的一部分，从态度层面来更好地理解和解释。通过分层逻辑回归分析来分析对死刑的态度。结果表明，支持态度可以得到很好的建模，部分取决于对刑事司法的总体态度，部分取决于政治和社会人口统计学参数。在刑事司法态度复合体中，在那些支持严厉对待罪犯的人、那些愿意赋予司法当局广泛权力的人、那些认为政府在打击犯罪问题上无所作为的人以及那些担心犯罪水平的人中，能发现更多的支持。在政治背景下，在弃权者以及在政治光谱两端投票的人（相对于中间党派的支持者）中能获得更多支持。在社会人口统计学细分群体中，年轻人和受教育程度低的人是死刑最坚定的支持者。有人认为，支持死刑可以更好地理解为一种表达行为，显示出对该国司法和政治精英的不满。
