Racial Disparities And Capital Sentencing As Perceived By Criminology And Criminal Justice Students

Author

Hubert Kanda Lumbala

Graduation Semester and Year

2011

Language

English

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts in Criminology and Criminal Justice

Department

Criminology and Criminal Justice

First Advisor

Alejandro Del Carmen

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the difference of perceptions of criminology and criminal justice (CRCJ) male students in comparison with their female counterparts on possible race factor in death penalty sentencing. The data in this study were obtained from a sample of 100 male and female CRCJ students enrolled in CRCJ courses during the semester of fall 2010 at the University of Texas at Arlington, located in north Texas. The findings in this research suggest that there is a little significant difference of knowledge among both male and female CRCJ students as pertaining to the death penalty, while male respondents seemed to have strong perceptions of racial disparities and capital sentencing.

Disciplines

Criminology and Criminal Justice | Legal Studies | Social and Behavioral Sciences

License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.

Comments

Degree granted by The University of Texas at Arlington

Recommended Citation

Lumbala, Hubert Kanda, "Racial Disparities And Capital Sentencing As Perceived By Criminology And Criminal Justice Students" (2011). Criminology & Criminal Justice Theses. 116.
https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/crcj_theses/116