Could Quicker Executions Deter Homicides? the Relationship between Celerity, Capital Punishment, and Murder.
Of Models Assessing the Role of Celerityof Executions on State HomicidesCHAPTER 6; Does Race Matter? Assessing the "Reach ofExecutions"; Race-Specific Results; Descriptive Results; Racial Differences in State Homicide Rates; Racial Differences in Waits for Executions; Are Whites and Blacks...
| Основен автор: | Wright, Valerie L. |
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| Формат: | Електронен |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
El Paso :
LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC,
2011.
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| Серия: |
Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
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Could Quicker Executions Deter Homicides? : The Relationship between Celerity, Capital Punishment, and Murder. |
Съдържание:
- List of Tables; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER 1; Challenges Surrounding Long Waits on Death Row; Evidence on the Relationship between Executionsand Homicides; Problems Surrounding Long Waits in SolitaryConfinement while on Death Row; Shortage of Attorneys Contribute to LongerStays on Death Row; Purpose of Study; Contributions to the Death Penalty Literature; CHAPTER 2; Deterrence Assumptions and Deterrence Research; Deterrence Theory Framework; Research Testing Deterrence Theory Principles; Limitations of Previous Research on Celerity; Why Race May Matter For Deterrence.
- Research HypothesesCHAPTER 3; Description of the Data Sources and AnalyticStrategy; Data Sources; The Sample; The Measures; Analytical Strategy; CHAPTER 4; A Description of the Data; Descriptive Results; Variations in Homicide by State and Years; Waits from Offense to Execution; Waits from Conviction to Execution; Waits from Sentence to Execution; Waits for Executions Are Becoming Longer; Bivariate Correlations; CHAPTER 5; Quicker Executions Fail to Impact Homicide Rates; Effect of Various Celerity Measures on StateHomicide Rates.
- Implications and Limitations of the StudyMajor Findings; Theoretical Implications; Policy Recommendations; Limitations and Suggestions for Future Research; Conclusion; References; Index.