LEADER 04383nam 2200721 a 450 001 9910971564203321 005 20251117095618.0 010 $a9786613653277 010 $a9780309254199 010 $a0309254191 010 $a9781280676345 010 $a1280676345 010 $a9780309254175 010 $a0309254175 035 $a(CKB)2550000000103454 035 $a(EBL)3378980 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000655267 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11395522 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000655267 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10631237 035 $a(PQKB)10041598 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3378980 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10565367 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL365327 035 $a(OCoLC)46859751 035 $a(NBER)w17455 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3378980 035 $a(Perlego)4740412 035 $a(BIP)38954488 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000103454 100 $a20120614d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aDeterrence and the death penalty /$fCommittee 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, editors 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aWashington, D.C. $cNational Academies Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (144 pages) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9780309254168 311 08$a0309254167 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $a""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"" 330 $aMany 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. 606 $aPunishment in crime deterrence 606 $aCapital punishment 615 0$aPunishment in crime deterrence. 615 0$aCapital punishment. 676 $a364.6601 701 $aNagin$b Daniel S$01750152 701 $aPepper$b John V$01813362 712 02$aNational Research Council (U.S.).$bCommittee on Deterrence and the Death Penalty. 712 02$aNational Research Council (U.S.).$bCommittee on Law and Justice. 712 02$aNational Research Council (U.S.).$bDivision of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910971564203321 996 $aDeterrence and the death penalty$94366427 997 $aUNINA