NCJ Number
65612
Date Published
1980
Length
11 pages
Annotation
THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY LISTS JOURNAL AND MAGAZINE ARTICLES, PUBLISHED BETWEEN 1969 AND 1979, THAT ARE RELEVANT TO THE TOPIC OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT AS A DETERRENT TO CRIME.
Abstract
SUBJECTS INCLUDE THE DETERRENCE CONTROVERSY, CAPITAL PUNISHMENT AND DETERRENCE, PUBLIC OPINION ABOUT THE DEATH PENALTY, CRITICISMS OF JURIDICAL HANDLING OF THE DEATH PENALTY, PUNISHMENT AND IMPRISONMENT AS DETERRENCE, MURDER AND CAPITAL PUNISHMENT, CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN THE U.S. AND SEVERAL STATES, ECONOMIC APPROACHES TO CRIME AND PUNISHMENT, AND CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR RAPE. OTHER TOPICS CITED INCLUDE MEASURING DETERRENCE, SENTENCING IMPROVEMENT, REVIEW OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT LITERATURE, THE HUMANITARIAN VIEW OF PUNISHMENT, PUBLIC ATTITUDES TOWARD CAPITAL PUNISHMENT, PSYCHIATRIC ASPECTS OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT, AND ABOLITION OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT. CANADIAN, AMERICAN, AND BRITISH JOURNALS ARE REPRESENTED. (PAP)