Deterrent Effect of the Death Penalty - A Cross-National Study (From Many Faces of Crime and Deviance, P 193-203, 1983, S Giora Shoham, ed. See NCJ-91821)

• NCJ Number: 91825
• Author(s): G Rahau
• Date Published: 1983
• Length: 11 pages
• Sale Source: Dallas Police Dept
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

One of the major issues in the controversy about the death penalty is the value of this form of punishment for the prevention of criminal homicides.

Abstract

Most of the empirical studies of this issue are based on the analysis of temporal development within a political unit, or on a comparison of States, mostly within the United States. The present study is a cross-sectional comparison of nations. The major finding is that neither the legal provision for capital punishment, nor the frequency of executions, has a significant effect upon the rates of murder and homicide. Tables and 22 notes are provided. (Author abstract modified)