The Deterrent Effect of Capital Punishment
New Evidence on an Old Controversy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2209592 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David P Phillips (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1980 |
| Volume | 86 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 139-148 |
| Publication date | 1980-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9602 • E-ISSN: 1537-5390 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/227206 |
| OpenAlex | W1999686068 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 23 |
| References cited | 6 |
On the average, homicides decrease by 35.7% immediately following a publicized execution. The more publicity devoted to the execution, the the more homicides decrease thereafter. This decrease apparently occurs because capital punishment has a short-term deterrent effect on homicides. This deterrent effect has not been demonstrated previously. A long-term deterrent effect is not evidence from the findings
Capital (architecture) · Capital punishment · Criminology · Economics · Political science · Publicity · Punishment (psychology) · Term (time) · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies · History · Law · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment · Social Psychology
Overview of
Murder and Capital Punishment in the Evolving Context of the Post-Furman Era
Murder, Capital Punishment, and Television
Murder and Capital Punishment
Celebrities and Suicide
The Death Penalty in Texas
The Differential Short‐Term Impacts of Executions on Felony and Non‐Felony Homicides
When Violence is Rewarded or Punished
Race and Capital Punishment
Murder, Capital Punishment, and Deterrence
Deterrence and social control
The deterrent effect of executions
Police Killings and Capital Punishment
The Certainty of Punishment
Felony Murder and Capital Punishment
The Short‐term Effects of Executions on Homicides
Deterrence, Brutalization, and the Death Penalty
Deterrence or Brutalization? An Impact Assessment of Oklahoma's Return to Capital Punishment
The Missing Link in General Deterrence Research
General Deterrence Through Civilian Gun Ownership
The culture of revenge and the power of politics
The Credibility Revolution in Empirical Economics
Execution Publicity and Homicide in South Carolina
| Unique citing works | 23 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,55 |
| Citation span | 1984 - 2012 (29) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 18 |