04383nam 2200721 a 450 991097156420332120251117095618.09786613653277978030925419903092541919781280676345128067634597803092541750309254175(CKB)2550000000103454(EBL)3378980(SSID)ssj0000655267(PQKBManifestationID)11395522(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000655267(PQKBWorkID)10631237(PQKB)10041598(Au-PeEL)EBL3378980(CaPaEBR)ebr10565367(CaONFJC)MIL365327(OCoLC)46859751(NBER)w17455(MiAaPQ)EBC3378980(Perlego)4740412(BIP)38954488(EXLCZ)99255000000010345420120614d2012 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierDeterrence and the death penalty /Committee on Deterrence and the Death Penalty, Committee on Law and Justice, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council of the National Academies ; Daniel S. Nagin and John V. Pepper, editors1st ed.Washington, D.C. National Academies Press20121 online resource (144 pages)Description based upon print version of record.9780309254168 0309254167 Includes bibliographical references.""Front Matter""; ""IN MEMORIAM: James Q. Wilson 1931-2012""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Capital Punishment in the Post-Gregg Era""; ""3 Determining the Deterrent Effect of Capital Punishment: Key Issues""; ""4 Panel Studies""; ""5 Time-Series Studies""; ""6 Challenges to Identifying Deterrent Effects""; ""Appendix: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff""Many studies during the past few decades have sought to determine whether the death penalty has any deterrent effect on homicide rates. Researchers have reached widely varying, even contradictory, conclusions. Some studies have concluded that the threat of capital punishment deters murders, saving large numbers of lives; other studies have concluded that executions actually increase homicides; still others, that executions have no effect on murder rates. Commentary among researchers, advocates, and policymakers on the scientific validity of the findings has sometimes been acrimonious. Against this backdrop, the National Research Council report Deterrence and the Death Penalty assesses whether the available evidence provides a scientific basis for answering questions of if and how the death penalty affects homicide rates. This new report from the Committee on Law and Justice concludes that research to date on the effect of capital punishment on homicide rates is not useful in determining whether the death penalty increases, decreases, or has no effect on these rates. The key question is whether capital punishment is less or more effective as a deterrent than alternative punishments, such as a life sentence without the possibility of parole. Yet none of the research that has been done accounted for the possible effect of noncapital punishments on homicide rates. The report recommends new avenues of research that may provide broader insight into any deterrent effects from both capital and noncapital punishments.Punishment in crime deterrenceCapital punishmentPunishment in crime deterrence.Capital punishment.364.6601Nagin Daniel S1750152Pepper John V1813362National Research Council (U.S.).Committee on Deterrence and the Death Penalty.National Research Council (U.S.).Committee on Law and Justice.National Research Council (U.S.).Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910971564203321Deterrence and the death penalty4366427UNINA