STAVOVI SUDIJA O SMRTNOJ KAZNI
JUDICIAL ATTITUDES TO CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

Summary/Abstract: The survey of 872 judges (66% of total population) in the Republic of Serbia (w/o autonomous provinces) has shown 799 (91,63%) to be in favour of and 73 (8,37%) to be opsed to capital punishment. Abolitionist attitudes are more frequent among: female judges, judges over 40 years of age, judges who read more and visit theaters and cinemas more frequently, and judges who score higher on the professionalism scale. The subjects were given an apportunity to comment on and offer arguments for their attitudes. The judges’ attitudes and arguments were compared to those of a control group composed of students (N = 210). Abolitionist judges advance the following arguments: the death penalty cannot achieve the aims of punishment as defined by the Criminal Code (deterrence, resocialization); it is inhuman; errors of justice are always a possibility.

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