num_pages: 128
description: Whether executing violent offenders deters murder and violent crime is a major aspect of the capital punishment debate. Contributors to this anthology use both theories and hard evidence to support their divergent views on the death penalty's power of deterrence.
language: English
title: Does Capital Punishment Deter Crime?
titlecomplete: Does Capital Punishment Deter Crime? (At Issue)
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Greenhaven Press