Could Quicker Executions Deter Homicides? : the Relationship between Celerity, Capital Punishment, and Murder.

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Wright, Valerie L

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TextSeries: Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)Publication details: El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2011.Description: 1 online resource (180 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9781593326746
1593326742

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Could Quicker Executions Deter Homicides? : The Relationship between Celerity, Capital Punishment, and Murder.DDC classification:

364.660973

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HV8699.U5 W74 2011

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Contents:

List of Tables; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER 1; Challenges Surrounding Long Waits on Death Row; Evidence on the Relationship between Executionsand Homicides; Problems Surrounding Long Waits in SolitaryConfinement while on Death Row; Shortage of Attorneys Contribute to LongerStays 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 HypothesesCHAPTER 3; Description of the Data Sources and AnalyticStrategy; 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 StateHomicide Rates.

Implications and Limitations of the StudyMajor Findings; Theoretical Implications; Policy Recommendations; Limitations and Suggestions for Future Research; Conclusion; References; Index.

Summary: Of Models Assessing the Role of Celerityof Executions on State HomicidesCHAPTER 6; Does Race Matter? Assessing the "Reach ofExecutions"; 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 forDeterrence?; Does Celerity in the Execution of Whites AffectBlack Homicide Rates?; Does Celerity in the Execution of Blacks Affect WhiteHomicide Rates?; Summary of Race-Specific Findings; CHAPTER 7.Summary: 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.

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Of Models Assessing the Role of Celerityof Executions on State HomicidesCHAPTER 6; Does Race Matter? Assessing the "Reach ofExecutions"; 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 forDeterrence?; Does Celerity in the Execution of Whites AffectBlack Homicide Rates?; Does Celerity in the Execution of Blacks Affect WhiteHomicide 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.

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.