Jiang Shanhe, Lambert Eric G, Wang Jin
The University of Toledo, Ohio, USA.
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2007 Feb;51(1):84-97. doi: 10.1177/0306624X06294138.
There is a lack of research on attitudes toward capital punishment in China, and there is even less research on cross-national comparisons of capital punishment views. Using data recently collected from college students in the United States and China, this study finds that U.S. and Chinese students have differences in their views on the death penalty and its functions of deterrence, rehabilitation, and incapacitation. This study also reveals that the respondents' perspectives of deterrence, rehabilitation, retribution, and incapacitation all affect their attitudes toward the death penalty in the United States, whereas only the first three views affect attitudes toward capital punishment in China. Furthermore, retribution is the strongest predictor in the United States, whereas deterrence is the strongest predictor in China.
在中国，对死刑态度的研究较少，而关于死刑观点的跨国比较研究则更少。本研究利用最近从美国和中国大学生那里收集的数据发现，美国和中国学生在死刑及其威慑、改造和剥夺能力功能的看法上存在差异。该研究还表明，在美国，受访者对威慑、改造、报应和剥夺能力的看法都会影响他们对死刑的态度，而在中国，只有前三种看法会影响对死刑的态度。此外，在美国，报应是最强的预测因素，而在中国，威慑是最强的预测因素。
