Re-examination of the Criminal Deterrent Effects of Capital Punishment in the United States, 1978-1998

The purpose of this study was to estimate the deterrent effect of capital punishment by employing a methodology that accounted for model uncertainty by integrating various studies into a single coherent analysis. First, this study replicated the results from two previous studies, Dezhbakhsh, Rubin a...

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Main Author: Cohen-Cole, Ethan (Author)
Contributors: Durlauf, Steven (Contributor) ; Fagan, Jeffrey (Contributor) ; Nagin, Daniel (Contributor)
Format: Electronic Research Data
Language:English
Published: [Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar] [Verlag nicht ermittelbar] 2008
In:Year: 2008
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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Keywords:
Capital Punishment
Crime Prevention
Deterrence
Homicide
Murder
Policy Analysis
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