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| Author | : Carsten Anckar |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 213 |
| Release | : 2004-08-02 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 1134315465 |
This global study uses statistical analysis to relate the popularity of the death penalty to physical, cultural, social, economical, institutional, actor oriented and historical factors.
| Author | : Carsten Anckar |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 237 |
| Release | : 2004-08-02 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 1134315457 |
Determinants of the Death Penalty seeks to explain the phenomenon of capital punishment - without recourse to value judgements - by identifying those characteristics common to countries that use the death penalty and those that mark countries which do not. This global study uses statistical analysis to relate the popularity of the death penalty to physical, cultural, social, economical, institutional, actor oriented and historical factors. Separate studies are conducted for democracies and non-democracies and within four regional contexts. The book also contains an in-depth investigation into determinants of the death penalty in the USA.
| Author | : National Research Council |
| Publisher | : National Academies Press |
| Total Pages | : 144 |
| Release | : 2012-05-26 |
| Genre | : Law |
| ISBN | : 0309254167 |
Many studies during the past few decades have sought to determine whether the death penalty has any deterrent effect on homicide rates. Researchers have reached widely varying, even contradictory, conclusions. Some studies have concluded that the threat of capital punishment deters murders, saving large numbers of lives; other studies have concluded that executions actually increase homicides; still others, that executions have no effect on murder rates. Commentary among researchers, advocates, and policymakers on the scientific validity of the findings has sometimes been acrimonious. Against this backdrop, the National Research Council report Deterrence and the Death Penalty assesses whether the available evidence provides a scientific basis for answering questions of if and how the death penalty affects homicide rates. This new report from the Committee on Law and Justice concludes that research to date on the effect of capital punishment on homicide rates is not useful in determining whether the death penalty increases, decreases, or has no effect on these rates. The key question is whether capital punishment is less or more effective as a deterrent than alternative punishments, such as a life sentence without the possibility of parole. Yet none of the research that has been done accounted for the possible effect of noncapital punishments on homicide rates. The report recommends new avenues of research that may provide broader insight into any deterrent effects from both capital and noncapital punishments.
| Author | : Matthew Matour |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2024 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : |
Capital punishment represents an interesting case in the context of public opinion. Support for the death penalty varies tremendously among different populations across the United States, as demonstrated through Gallup and many other national polling services. Which factors account for this variation in public opinion on the death penalty among US citizens? This research attempts to account for such influences, utilizing sociopolitical and demographic data from the American National Election Survey (ANES) to construct both cross-sectional and longitudinal models for death penalty support. My results find that variables such as partisanship, education level, gender, and perception of criminal activity have historically explained attitudes toward capital punishment over time. For example, those who are Republican, male, and in favor of increasing federal spending on crime are more likely to support capital punishment. These results mostly hold true both in 2020 and over the span of the longitudinal analysis. In addition, several other variables demonstrate significance, granting predictive power for whether or not a hypothetical individual with specific characteristics will support the death penalty. Finally, trends of variable significance over time suggest that social, political, and economic events may have impacted capital punishment support in the short-term. Such events include, but are likely not limited to, the rise of innocence movements around the year 2000, the financial crisis of 2008, and the hyper-partisanship of American politics surrounding the 2016 presidential election.
| Author | : KateLynn P. Pisarcik |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 128 |
| Release | : 2016 |
| Genre | : Capital punishment |
| ISBN | : |
The literature on the globalization of capital punishment has been sparse. By taking an international approach, this thesis seeks to determine the factors influencing a country's decision to utilize the death penalty. The data for this project come from various sources, including: the CIA World Factbook, Death Penalty Worldwide, the Pew Research Center, and the World Health Organization. A total of 86 countries were examined (N=86). This thesis suggests the following hypotheses: an economically developed country is less likely to utilize the death penalty than a less economically developed country; the higher the literacy rate in a country, the less inclined the country will be to utilize the death penalty; and a country consisting of a high religious composition of Muslims will be more likely to utilize the death penalty. The Muslim faith, total population, median age, and moratorium status of a country were all found to be significant factors related to a country's death penalty status. These findings are important in understanding what factors are influential to retentionist countries. Further research should involve exploring the life course of death penalty usage in countries, as well as other factors that define a developed country in order to better determine what influences nations to implement capital punishment.
| Author | : Barry Latzer |
| Publisher | : Elsevier |
| Total Pages | : 457 |
| Release | : 2010-10-27 |
| Genre | : Law |
| ISBN | : 0123820251 |
Death Penalty Cases presents significant verbatim excerpts of death-penalty decisions from the United States Supreme Court. The first chapter introduces the topics discussed throughout the book. It also includes a detailed history of the death penalty in the United States. After this introduction, the remaining eighteen chapters are divided into five parts: Foundational Cases, Death-Eligible Crimes and Persons, The Death Penalty Trial, Post-Conviction Review, and Execution Issues. The first part, consisting of five chapters, talks about the mandatory death penalty, mitigating evidence and racial bias. The next part covers death-eligible crimes, such as rape and other crimes that do not involve homicide and murder. The middle part presents the trial process, from choosing the appropriate decision-makers through the sentencing decision. Followed by this is a chapter focusing on the aftermath of conviction, such as claims of innocence. The book concludes by exploring issues related to execution, such as not executing insane convicts. Finally, execution methods are presented. Provides the most recent case material--no need to supplement Topical organization of cases provides a more logical organization for structuring a course Co-authors with different perspectives on the death penalty assures complete impartiality of the material Provides the necessary historical background, a clear explanation of the current capital case process, and an impartial description of the controversies surrounding the death penalty Provides the latest statistics relevant to discussions on the death penalty Clearly explains the different ways in which the states process death penalty cases, with excerpts of the most relevant statutes
| Author | : Nina Rivkind |
| Publisher | : West Academic Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 892 |
| Release | : 2001 |
| Genre | : Law |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : David Lester |
| Publisher | : Charles C. Thomas Publisher |
| Total Pages | : 186 |
| Release | : 1998 |
| Genre | : Law |
| ISBN | : |
Is the death penalty a deterrent? Is it applied disproportionately to certain ethnic groups? How harsh is life on death row? In this expanded new edition the author examines these and other controversial issues, draws conclusions from the current research, and discusses their implication for social policy. Topics such as capital punishment policies around the world, executions in the United States, public opinion on the death penalty, juries and the death penalty, and economic analyses of the deterrent factor all receive comprehensive coverage. Appendices round out this newly revised and updated text with studies on public attitudes toward rape and capital punishment, and the deterrent effect of executions on the homicide rate in the United States.
| Author | : United States. Dept. of Justice |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 438 |
| Release | : 2000 |
| Genre | : Capital punishment |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Roger Hood |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 612 |
| Release | : 2015 |
| Genre | : Capital punishment |
| ISBN | : 019870173X |
The fifth edition of this highly praised study charts and explains the progress that continues to be made towards the goal of worldwide abolition of the death penalty. The majority of nations have now abolished the death penalty and the number of executions has dropped in almost all countries where abolition has not yet taken place. Emphasizing the impact of international human rights principles and evidence of abuse, the authors examine how this has fueled challenges to the death penalty and they analyze and appraise the likely obstacles, political and cultural, to further abolition. They discuss the cruel realities of the death penalty and the failure of international standards always to ensure fair trials and to avoid arbitrariness, discrimination and conviction of the innocent: all violations of the right to life. They provide further evidence of the lack of a general deterrent effect; shed new light on the influence and limits of public opinion; and argue that substituting for the death penalty life imprisonment without parole raises many similar human rights concerns. This edition provides a strong intellectual and evidential basis for regarding capital punishment as undeniably cruel, inhuman and degrading. Widely relied upon and fully updated to reflect the current state of affairs worldwide, this is an invaluable resource for all those who study the death penalty and work towards its removal as an international goal.
