The short-term deterrent effect of executions: an analysis of daily homicide counts
Does capital punishment exert any deterrent effect on homicide, above and beyond the effects of noncapital punishment? We hypothesized that potential deterrent effects should be strongest within a few days of executions because that was when news coverage peaked. We examined data on newspaper and na...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2018
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Crime & delinquency
Year: 2018, Volume: 64, Issue: 7, Pages: 939-970 |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) |
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