Capital Punishment and Deterrence: Examining the Effect of Executions on Murder in Texas
| Autor: | Robert D. Wrinkle, Jon R. Sorensen, Victoria E. Brewer, James W. Marquart |
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| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
| Předmět: |
Engineering
Jurisdiction business.industry 050901 criminology 05 social sciences Control variable Poison control Context (language use) Regression analysis Bivariate analysis Criminology Computer security computer.software_genre Pathology and Forensic Medicine Deterrence (legal) 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences 0509 other social sciences Spurious relationship business Law computer 050104 developmental & child psychology |
| Zdroj: | Crime & Delinquency. 45:481-493 |
| ISSN: | 1552-387X 0011-1287 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0011128799045004005 |
| Popis: | This study tested the deterrence hypothesis in Texas, the most active execution jurisdiction during the modern era. Using monthly observations during 1984 through 1997, both the general relationship between executions and murder rates and the specific relationship between executions and felony murder rates were examined. An initial bivariate relationship between executions and murder rates proved to be spurious when appropriate control variables were included in regression models. Within a context so ideally suited for finding any potential deterrent effects, this study confirmed the results of previous ones that failed to find any evidence of deterrence resulting from capital punishment. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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