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<p>Criminal justice professionals (CJPs) play a fundamental role in maintaining law and&#xa0;order and their stances on crime, law, and punishment are likely reflected in their&#xa0;profession and affect their work. Though the literature on Western studies of death&#xa0;penalty public opinion is rich, empirical studies that examined CJPs’ death penalty&#xa0;opinions remain limited. Based on a sample of 516 CJPs (including judges,&#xa0;prosecutors, police, lawyers, correctional officers, and others) from one city in southern&#xa0;China, this study empirically examines their death penalty opinion and justifications.&#xa0;Although Chinese CJPs hold strong support to capital punishment overall, significant&#xa0;variation is witnessed among these professionals by capital offenses and professions.&#xa0;As expected, CJPs’ death penalty positions (approval or disapproval) are significantly&#xa0;correlated with their death penalty justifications, both of which are likely influenced by&#xa0;their professions. This study provides the first in-depth examination of death penalty&#xa0;opinion differences by various Chinese CJPs.</p>

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Chinese criminal justice practitioners’ death penalty opinion and justifications:

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  • 发表日期：

    2025年12月22日

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  • Bin Liang,
  • Jianhong Liu,
  • Hong Lu,
  • Jie Zhang

摘要

Criminal justice professionals (CJPs) play a fundamental role in maintaining law and order and their stances on crime, law, and punishment are likely reflected in their profession and affect their work. Though the literature on Western studies of death penalty public opinion is rich, empirical studies that examined CJPs’ death penalty opinions remain limited. Based on a sample of 516 CJPs (including judges, prosecutors, police, lawyers, correctional officers, and others) from one city in southern China, this study empirically examines their death penalty opinion and justifications. Although Chinese CJPs hold strong support to capital punishment overall, significant variation is witnessed among these professionals by capital offenses and professions. As expected, CJPs’ death penalty positions (approval or disapproval) are significantly correlated with their death penalty justifications, both of which are likely influenced by their professions. This study provides the first in-depth examination of death penalty opinion differences by various Chinese CJPs.