ทัศนคติของชาวกรุงเทพมหานครต่อการลงโทษประหารชีวิต / อนุสรณ์ แก่งสันเทียะ = Attitudes of Bangkokians towards the capital punishment / Anusorn Kaengsanthea
The purpose of this research are to study attitudes of Bangkokians towards the capital punishment, to study factors relating to attitudes of Bangkokians towards the capital punishment and to study the method of execution in the present that to be suitable to use in Thailand or how should be change. The data of the research were collected from 200 Bangkokians by using questionnairs and in-depth interviews for 5 Bangkokians who were cousin of execution prisoners and cousin of victims of crime. Then take the data to systemically analysis by frequency, percentage, means and chi-square test with the statistically significant level at 0.05. The research shows that 99.0 percents of Bangkokians are agree with using the capital punishment. 52.0 percents of Bangkokians are strongly agree that it is necessary to use the capital punishment in Thailand. 57.5 percents of Bangkokians are agree that should be change the method of execution and 50.0 percents of Bangkokians are agree that should be use the lethal injection in execution. Otherwise it shows that factor of violent of crime affects to attitudes of Bangkokians towards the capital punishment while the factors of sex, age, education, occupation, status, experience in crime, perception in crime and unfamiliarity from religion are not relation to the attitudes of Bangkokians towards the capital punishment.
