Title: Executions in the United States, 1608-1987
Description: This study furnishes data on executions performed in the United States under civil authority. It includes a description of each individual executed and the circumstances surrounding the crime for which the person was convicted. Variables include age, race, name, sex, and occupation of the offender, place, jurisdiction, date and method of execution and the crime for which the offender was executed.
Subjects: Administration of Criminal justice, Capital punishment, Executions and executioners, Punishment, Corrections