U.S. Public Opinion on Interrogation Techniques and Retributive Motives

An experimental study with a broad national sample of U.S. residents examines the motives behind support for harsh interrogation techniques. The research suggests support is driven by retributive motives, mediated by the perceived moral status of the target, not perceived effectiveness. The dataset likely contains survey or experimental results from this study, authored by Avani Mehta Sood of the University of California, Berkeley.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the relationship between retributive motives and support for harsh interrogation based on the study's findings.
• Modeling the mediating role of perceived moral status on policy attitudes using experimental data.
• Studying public opinion divergence between utilitarian and retributive justifications for national security policies.

Strengths

• Data is derived from an experimental study with a broad national sample of U.S. residents.
• The research design allows for testing mediation effects between key psychological constructs.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The license is closed, restricting access and reuse.

Provenance

Source

University of California, Berkeley

Collection Method

Experimental study conducted with a broad national sample of U.S. residents.

Geography

United States