Public sympathy for O.J. Simpson: the roles of race, age, gender, income, and education.
From: The American Journal of Economics and Sociology
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Date: 1/1/1999
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Author: Enomoto, Carl E.
This paper examines those factors affecting public attitudes about the O. J. Simpson trial and the American criminal justice system. The separate and combined effects of these factors - which include race, age, gender, income, and education - were estimated using a logit model. It was found that blacks were more likely than whites to be sympathetic to Simpson and to believe he was innocent of the crimes he was charged with. Older individuals, males, those with higher incomes, and those ...
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