USE OF THE DEATH PENALTY V OUTRAGE AT MURDER - SOME ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE AND CONSIDERATIONS

• NCJ Number: 31583
• Journal: Crime and Delinquency Volume: 22 Issue: 1 Dated: (JANUARY 1976) Pages: 31-39
• Author(s): W C Bailey
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 9 pages
• Corporate Author: National Council on Crime and Delinquency
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
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Annotation

SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS OF AN ARTICLE BY DANIEL GLASER AND MAX ZEIGLER WHICH EXAMINED EXPLANATIONS OF WHY MURDER RATES HAVE GENERALLY BEEN HIGHEST IN STATES WHERE CAPITAL PUNISHMENT HAS BEEN USED THE MOST.

Abstract

THE AUTHOR CONCLUDES THAT HIS EXAMINATION SHOWS THEIR ANALYSIS TO SUFFER FROM SERIOUS METHODOLOGICAL SHORTCOMINGS. NEITHER THEIR DATA NOR ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE PRESENTED HERE LENDS MUCH SUPPORT TO THEIR CONCLUSION THAT BOTH FREQUENT USE OF THE DEATH PENALTY AND HIGH MURDER RATES ARE CONSEQUENCES OF A LOW VALUATION OF LIFE, AND HOMICIDE RATES CAN BE REDUCED BY ABOLITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY. FOR THE ARTICLE BY GLASER AND ZEIGLER SEE NCJ-16183, AND FOR GLASER'S RESPONSE, SEE NCJ-31854. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)