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PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF VIOLENT CRIME IN CANADA - SOME COMMENTS ON VIOLENT CRIME, CAPITAL PUNISHMENT AND OTHER RELATED ISSUES

NCJ Number
34493
Author(s)
W ALLMAND
Date Published
1975
Length
34 pages
Annotation
ASSESSMENT OF THE INCIDENCE OF VIOLENT CRIME IN CANADA, ITS CAUSES AND CIRCUMSTANCES, THE DETERRENT VALUE OF THE DEATH PENALTY, AND QUESTIONS OF COMMUTATION OF THE DEATH PENALTY, AND GRANTING OF PAROLE TO CONVICTED MURDERERS.
Abstract
INCLUDED ARE STATISTICS COMPARING RATES OF MURDERS OF POLICE OFFICERS IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA. --IN ENGLISH AND FRENCH