Determinants of Public Opinion on the Death Penalty
Determinants of Public Opinion on the Death Penalty

Author: Matthew Matour

Publisher:

Published: 2024

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13:

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Capital punishment represents an interesting case in the context of public opinion. Support for the death penalty varies tremendously among different populations across the United States, as demonstrated through Gallup and many other national polling services. Which factors account for this variation in public opinion on the death penalty among US citizens? This research attempts to account for such influences, utilizing sociopolitical and demographic data from the American National Election Survey (ANES) to construct both cross-sectional and longitudinal models for death penalty support. My results find that variables such as partisanship, education level, gender, and perception of criminal activity have historically explained attitudes toward capital punishment over time. For example, those who are Republican, male, and in favor of increasing federal spending on crime are more likely to support capital punishment. These results mostly hold true both in 2020 and over the span of the longitudinal analysis. In addition, several other variables demonstrate significance, granting predictive power for whether or not a hypothetical individual with specific characteristics will support the death penalty. Finally, trends of variable significance over time suggest that social, political, and economic events may have impacted capital punishment support in the short-term. Such events include, but are likely not limited to, the rise of innocence movements around the year 2000, the financial crisis of 2008, and the hyper-partisanship of American politics surrounding the 2016 presidential election.

The Death Penalty
The Death Penalty

Author: Roger Hood

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 500

ISBN-13: 0199228469

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This new edition of a classic study assesses the global status of capital punishment. As in previous editions, this work draws on Roger Hood's experiences as consultant to the United Nations for the Secretary General's five-yearly surveys of capital punishment as well as the latest literature from non-governmental organizations and academic experts. This edition examines significant developments around the world including the Chinese plan for the People's Supreme Court to review all death sentences, and the abolition in the USA of the death penalty for offenders who committed murder while under the age of 18. Recent legal challenges to lethal injection as a form of execution are also examined. This edition also includes an additional chapter on the role and influence of victims' families and victim interest movements. This volume shows how, despite a number of set-backs, the movement to abolish the death penalty has continued to gather pace; that international organizations and human rights treaties continue to put pressure on retentionist countries; that further developments have been made in securing protection for those facing the death penalty in retentionist counties; and that, despite such advances, in some parts of the world the range of crimes subject to the death penalty remains wide and the number of executions considerable. This work engages with the latest debates on the realities of capital punishment, with claims that the death penalty is a unique deterrent to murder and other serious crimes, and contains expanded coverage of arguments about the role of public opinion in the debate on capital punishment.

Determinants of the Death Penalty
Determinants of the Death Penalty

Author: Carsten Anckar

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2004-08-02

Total Pages: 237

ISBN-13: 1134315457

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Determinants of the Death Penalty seeks to explain the phenomenon of capital punishment - without recourse to value judgements - by identifying those characteristics common to countries that use the death penalty and those that mark countries which do not. This global study uses statistical analysis to relate the popularity of the death penalty to physical, cultural, social, economical, institutional, actor oriented and historical factors. Separate studies are conducted for democracies and non-democracies and within four regional contexts. The book also contains an in-depth investigation into determinants of the death penalty in the USA.

The Death Penalty
The Death Penalty

Author: David Lester

Publisher: Charles C. Thomas Publisher

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 186

ISBN-13:

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Is the death penalty a deterrent? Is it applied disproportionately to certain ethnic groups? How harsh is life on death row? In this expanded new edition the author examines these and other controversial issues, draws conclusions from the current research, and discusses their implication for social policy. Topics such as capital punishment policies around the world, executions in the United States, public opinion on the death penalty, juries and the death penalty, and economic analyses of the deterrent factor all receive comprehensive coverage. Appendices round out this newly revised and updated text with studies on public attitudes toward rape and capital punishment, and the deterrent effect of executions on the homicide rate in the United States.

Deterrence and the Death Penalty
Deterrence and the Death Penalty

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2012-05-26

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 0309254167

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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.

End of Its Rope
End of Its Rope

Author: Brandon Garrett

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 2017-09-25

Total Pages: 343

ISBN-13: 0674970993

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An awakening -- Inevitability of innocence -- Mercy vs. justice -- The great American death penalty decline -- The defense lawyering effect -- Murder insurance -- The other death penalty -- The execution decline -- End game -- The triumph of mercy

The Death Penalty
The Death Penalty

Author: Sanjeev P. Sahni

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2020-03-14

Total Pages: 153

ISBN-13: 9811531293

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This book offers a broad overview of public attitudes to the death penalty in India. It examines in detail the progress made by international organizations worldwide in their efforts to abolish the death penalty and provides statistics from various countries that have already abolished it. The book focuses on four main aspects: the excessive cost and poor use of funds; wrongful executions of innocent people; the death penalty’s failure as an efficient deterrent; and the alternative sentence of life imprisonment without parole. In closing, the book analyses the current debates on capital punishment around the globe and in the Indian context. Based on public opinion surveys, the book is essential reading for all those interested in India, its government, criminal justice system, and policies on the death penalty and human rights.