Could quicker executions deter homicides? [[electronic resource] ] : the relationship between celerity, capital punishment, and murder / / Valerie L. Wright

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910812648703321
• Autore: Wright Valerie L. <1975->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: El Paso [Tex.], : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2011
• ISBN: 1-59332-674-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (180 p.)
• Collana: Criminal justice : recent scholarship
• Disciplina: 364.660973
• Soggetti: Capital punishment - United States; Death row - United States; Homicide - United States - Prevention
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER 1; Challenges Surrounding Long Waits on Death Row; Evidence on the Relationship between Executions and Homicides; Problems Surrounding Long Waits in Solitary Confinement while on Death Row; Shortage of Attorneys Contribute to Longer Stays on Death Row; Purpose of Study; Contributions to the Death Penalty Literature; CHAPTER 2; Deterrence Assumptions and Deterrence Research; Deterrence Theory Framework; Research Testing Deterrence Theory Principles; Limitations of Previous Research on Celerity; Why Race May Matter For Deterrence; Research Hypotheses CHAPTER 3; Description of the Data Sources and Analytic Strategy; Data Sources; The Sample; The Measures; Analytical Strategy; CHAPTER 4; A Description of the Data; Descriptive Results; Variations in Homicide by State and Years; Waits from Offense to Execution; Waits from Conviction to Execution; Waits from Sentence to Execution; Waits for Executions Are Becoming Longer; Bivariate Correlations; CHAPTER 5; Quicker Executions Fail to Impact Homicide Rates; Effect of Various Celerity Measures on State Homicide Rates; Summary of Models Assessing the Role of Celerity of Executions on State Homicides CHAPTER 6; Does Race Matter? Assessing the "Reach of Executions"; Race-Specific Results; Descriptive Results; Racial Differences in State Homicide Rates; Racial Differences in Waits for ; Executions; Are Whites and Blacks Differentially Deterred?; Does the Race of the Executed Offender Matter for Deterrence?; Does Celerity in the Execution of Whites Affect Black Homicide Rates?; Does Celerity in the Execution of Blacks Affect White Homicide Rates?; Summary of Race-Specific Findings; CHAPTER 7; Implications and Limitations of the StudyMajor Findings; Theoretical Implications; Policy Recommendations; Limitations and Suggestions for Future Research; Conclusion; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Wright examines whether waits for executions impact the deterrent value of capital punishment. She also seeks to determine whether race has a role in producing or inhibiting deterrence. She asks whether blacks and whites are equally responsive to how quickly executions are carried out, as well as, whether the effect of celerity varies with the race of the executed. Longer waits on death row are not related to murders. Indeed, executions and having individuals on death row may be contributing to higher rates of homicides. In states and years where there are no executions, homicides among blacks