TY - JOUR
T1 - Homicide and Death Penalty
T2 - A Cross-Sectional Time Series Analysis
AU - Rahav, Giora
PY - 1983/1/1
Y1 - 1983/1/1
N2 - Studies of the effect of the death penalty are typically either (1) cross-sectional studies, comparing murder rates across abolitionist and retentionist political units, or (2) longitudinal studies, comparing murder rates across different periods within the same polity. Each of these methods has its own faults and none yielded consistent, clear-cut results. The present study is based upon pooled time-series analysis of data from 17 countries for the period 1955–1972, The analysis shows that the death penalty has a very low, inconsistent effect upon both homicide and murder rates. These results do not change the general picture of inconsistent findings in this area.
AB - Studies of the effect of the death penalty are typically either (1) cross-sectional studies, comparing murder rates across abolitionist and retentionist political units, or (2) longitudinal studies, comparing murder rates across different periods within the same polity. Each of these methods has its own faults and none yielded consistent, clear-cut results. The present study is based upon pooled time-series analysis of data from 17 countries for the period 1955–1972, The analysis shows that the death penalty has a very low, inconsistent effect upon both homicide and murder rates. These results do not change the general picture of inconsistent findings in this area.
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U2 - 10.1080/01924036.1983.9688763
DO - 10.1080/01924036.1983.9688763
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AN - SCOPUS:79960818319
SN - 0192-4036
VL - 7
SP - 61
EP - 71
JO - International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice
JF - International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice
IS - 1-2
ER -
