Deterrence and the Death Penalty
By: Committee on Deterrence and the Death Penalty ; Daniel S. Nagin and John V. Pepper, editors ; Committee on Law and Justice, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council of the National Academies
Contributors: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Deterrence and the Death Penalty; National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Law and Justice; National Research Council (U.S.). Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 127
ISBN-13: 9780309254168; 9786613653277; 9780309254199; 9781280676345; 9780309254175
Subjects: Capital punishment; Punishment in crime deterrence
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

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Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Capital punishment in the Post-Gregg era; title: Determining the deterrent effect of capital punishment: key issues; title: Panel studies; title: Time-series studies; title: Challenges to identifying deterrent effects.