Racial and Gender Threat and the Death Penalty: A County-Level Examination of Sociopolitical Factors Influencing Death Sentences

The death penalty is a local phenomenon with 15% of U.S. counties responsible for passing death sentences since 1976. Although state-level research has contributed a greater understanding of abolition and state-level factors surrounding the death penalty, it remains crucially important to understand...

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Authors: Schmuhl, Margaret (Author) ; Mills, Colleen E. (Author) ; Silva, Jason (Author) ; Capellan, Joel (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2023
In: Criminal justice policy review
Year: 2023, Volume: 34, Issue: 2, Pages: 161-183
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
Death Penalty
Gender Equality
Sentencing
Racial threat
Punishment