NCJ Number
61444
Date Published
1979
Length
66 pages
Annotation
THIS BIBLIOGRAPHIC ESSAY PRESENTS GENERAL AND TOPICAL PUBLISHED REFERENCES ON CAPITAL PUNISHMENT, CANADIAN CRIME STATISTICS, AND NOTES ON THE ISSUES OF DETERRENCE AND PUBLIC OPINION TOWARD THE DEATH PENALTY.
Abstract
THE ESSAY WAS WRITTEN FOR THE CANADIAN COUNCIL OF CHURCHES' AD HOC COMMITTEE ON CAPITAL PUNISHMENT, BECAUSE EFFORTS ARE CURRENTLY UNDERWAY TO RESTORE THE DEATH PENALTY, WHICH CANADA ABOLISHED IN 1976. FOR EACH PUBLISHED WORK CITED, THE AUTHOR NOTES THE POSITION ON CAPITAL PUNISHMENT (ABOLITIONIST, RETENTIONIST, OR RESEARCH). POSITIONS TAKEN BY WRITERS AS EARLY AS 428 B.C. AND BY CANADIAN RELIGIOUS BODIES ARE ALSO DISCUSSED. IN ADDITION, THERE ARE TWO ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHIES. THE FIRST LISTS SOURCE BOOKS AND REPORTS CONSIDERED TO BE OF CONTINUING IMPORTANCE. THE SECOND LISTS TOPICAL WORKS. CITATIONS FOR BOTH BIBLIOGRAPHIES ARE FROM GOVERNMENT COMMISSIONS, MAGAZINES, JOURNALS, BOOKS, AND OTHER SOURCES. EXTENSIVE STATISTICAL CHARTS AND TABLES PRESENT CANADIAN CRIME STATISTICS. TWO ADDITIONAL SECTIONS PRESENT RESEARCH AND OPINION ON CAPITAL PUNISHMENT'S DETERRENT EFFECT, AND PUBLIC OPINION ON THE SUBJECT. APPENDIXES PRESENT STATEMENTS FROM 1774 TO 1973, AND ADDENDUMS AND ANNEXES PRESENT FURTHER DATA, SOURCES, AND PHOTOCOPIES OF MEDIA AND OTHER REPORTS. (CFW)