Scale Values for Capital Punishment Statements

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                                         Original    New    
   Statement                             Value       Value       SD
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1) Capital punishment may be wrong       7.20         5.02       1.84
   but it is the best preventative 
   to crime.

2) Capital punishment is absolutely      0.00           -          -
   never justified.

3) I think capital punishment is         6.20         4.14       1.59
   necessary but I wish it were not.

4) Any person, man or woman, young or   10.40           -          -
   old, who commits murder, should 
   pay with his own life.

5) Capital punishment cannot be          2.40           -          -
   regarded  as a sane method of 
   dealing with crime.

6) Capital punishment is wrong but       6.20         4.32       1.72
   is necessary in our imperfect 
   civilization.

7) Every criminal should be executed.   11.00           -  	   -

8) Capital punishment has never been     2.70         0.66       1.20
   effective in in preventing crime.

9) I don't believe in capital            3.40         2.96       1.35
   punishment but I'm not sure it 
   isn't necessary.

10) We must have capital punishment      8.50         5.89       1.17
    for some crimes.

11) I think the return of the whipping   3.90           -          -
    post would be more effective than 
    capital punishment.

12) I do not believe in capital          0.10           -          -
    punishment under any circumstances. 

13) Capital punishment is not            3.00          0.66       1.38
    necessary in modern civilization.

14) We can't call ourselves civilized    1.50         -0.26       1.58
    as long as we have capital 
    punishment.

15) Life imprisonment is more effective  3.40          0.77       1.15
    than capital punishment.

16) Execution of criminals is a          0.90         -1.05       2.03
    disgrace to civilized society.

17) Capital punishment is just and       9.60          7.48       1.34
    necessary.

18) I do not believe in capital          5.80          3.50       1.43
    punishment but it is not 
    practically advisable to abolish 
    it.

19) Capital punishment is the most       0.60         -1.17       1.53 
    hideous practice of our time.

20) Capital punishment gives the         9.40            -          -
    criminal what he deserves.

21) The state cannot teach the           2.00         -0.28       1.22
    sacredness of human life by 
    destroying it.

22) It doesn't make any difference to    5.50            -          -
    me whether we have capital 
    punishment or not.

23) Capital punishment is justified      7.90          4.72       1.87
    only for premeditated murder.

24) Capital punishment should be         9.10          6.91       1.72
    used more often than it is.