Capital Punishment in the United States, 1973-2007

This data collection provides annual data on prisoners under a sentence of death and prisoners whose offense sentences were commuted or vacated during the period 1973-2007. Information is supplied for basic sociodemographic characteristics such as age, sex, education, and state of incarceration. Cri...

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Autor Corporativo: United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics. VerfasserIn (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Research Data
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: [Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar] [Verlag nicht ermittelbar] 2009
En:Año: 2009
Acceso en línea: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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Palabras clave:
Capital Punishment
commuted sentences
criminal histories
death row inmates
demographic characteristics
Executions
felony offenses
prison inmates
Sentencing
states (USA)
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Sumario:This data collection provides annual data on prisoners under a sentence of death and prisoners whose offense sentences were commuted or vacated during the period 1973-2007. Information is supplied for basic sociodemographic characteristics such as age, sex, education, and state of incarceration. Criminal history data include prior felony convictions for criminal homicide and legal status at the time of the capital offense. Additional information is available for inmates removed from death row by year-end 2007 and for inmates who were executed.
DOI:10.3886/ICPSR24961.v1