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The Gender Gap in Attitudes toward Capital Punishment and Life without Parole (LWOP) in Kentucky

Anthony G. Vitoa Department of Criminal Justice & Criminology, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, USA
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Gennaro F. Vitob Department of Criminal Justice, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, USACorrespondence[email protected]
&
George E. Higginsb Department of Criminal Justice, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Published online: 06 Oct 2022

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