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Deterrence and the Death Penalty.

PB2012111177

Publication Date	2012
Personal Author	Nagin, D. S.; Pepper, J. V.
Page Count	144
Abstract	In 1976, the Supreme Court decision in Gregg v. Georgia (428 U.S. 153) ended the 4-year moratorium on executions that had resulted from its 1972 decision in Furman v. Georgia (408 U.S. 238). In the immediate aftermath of Gregg, an earlier report of the National Research Council (NRC) reviewed the evidence relating to the deterrent effect of the death penalty that had been gathered through the mid-1970s. That review was highly critical of the earlier research and concluded (National Research Council, 1978, p. 9) that available studies provide no useful evidence on the deterrent effect of capital punishment. During the 35 years since Gregg, and particularly in the past decade, many additional studies have renewed the attempt to estimate the effect of capital punishment on homicide rates. Most researchers have used post-Gregg data from the United States to examine the statistical association between homicide rates and the legal status, the actual implementation of the death penalty, or both.
Keywords	Capital punishment Deterrence Death Penalties Crimes Homicide Murder Criminal justice Legal aspects Implementation Statistical data
Source Agency	National Academy of Science National Research Council
NTIS Subject Category	91C - Fire Services, Law Enforcement, & Criminal Justice 43 - Problem Solving Information for State & Local Governments 92D - Education, Law, & Humanities 92C - Social Concerns 70F - Public Administration & Government
Corporate Authors	National Research Council, Washington, DC. Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	201220

Deterrence and the Death Penalty.

Deterrence and the Death Penalty.
PB2012111177

Publication Date	2012
Personal Author	Nagin, D. S.; Pepper, J. V.
Page Count	144
Abstract	In 1976, the Supreme Court decision in Gregg v. Georgia (428 U.S. 153) ended the 4-year moratorium on executions that had resulted from its 1972 decision in Furman v. Georgia (408 U.S. 238). In the immediate aftermath of Gregg, an earlier report of the National Research Council (NRC) reviewed the evidence relating to the deterrent effect of the death penalty that had been gathered through the mid-1970s. That review was highly critical of the earlier research and concluded (National Research Council, 1978, p. 9) that available studies provide no useful evidence on the deterrent effect of capital punishment. During the 35 years since Gregg, and particularly in the past decade, many additional studies have renewed the attempt to estimate the effect of capital punishment on homicide rates. Most researchers have used post-Gregg data from the United States to examine the statistical association between homicide rates and the legal status, the actual implementation of the death penalty, or both.
Keywords	Capital punishment Deterrence Death Penalties Crimes Homicide Murder Criminal justice Legal aspects Implementation Statistical data
Source Agency	National Academy of Science National Research Council
NTIS Subject Category	91C - Fire Services, Law Enforcement, & Criminal Justice 43 - Problem Solving Information for State & Local Governments 92D - Education, Law, & Humanities 92C - Social Concerns 70F - Public Administration & Government
Corporate Authors	National Research Council, Washington, DC. Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	201220