NCJ Number
4523
Journal
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY AND CORRECTIONS Volume: 14 Issue: 1 Dated: (JANUARY 1972) Pages: 68-83
Date Published
1972
Length
16 pages
Annotation
STATISTICAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE SEVERITY AND CERTAINTY OF PUNISHMENT AND CRIME RATES, AND THE INITIAL RESULTS OF THE ABOLITION OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN CANADA.
Abstract
CERTAINTY, BUT NOT SEVERITY, OF PUNISHMENT APPEARED TO BE RELATED TO VARIATIONS IN CRIME RATES. THE INCREASED CANADIAN MURDER RATE WAS EXPLAINED AS PART OF THE GENERAL PHENOMENON OF INCREASING CRIME, RATHER THAN DUE TO THE TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF CAPITAL PUNISMENT.