Rape, Race, and Capital Punishment: An Enduring Cultural Legacy of Lethal Vengeance?

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AUTOR(ES) M.D. Smith , Wesley G. Jennings , John K. Cochran , Christopher J. Marier , Beth Bjerregaard , Sondra J. Fogel
AFILIAÇÃO(ÕES) Department of Criminology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Social Work, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
ANO 2019
TIPO Artigo
PERIÓDICO Race and Justice
ISSN 2153-3687
E-ISSN 2153-3695
DOI 10.1177/2153368717702700
ADICIONADO EM 2025-08-18
MD5 c856bfdfc2ddff74abf4ac1c823b7b8b

Resumo

Historical analyses of southern statutes (i.e., Slave Codes, Black Codes, 'Jim Crow,' etc.) and their enforcement reveals evidence of an enduring cultural legacy prescribing lethal vengeance to Blacks who violate White sensibilities, especially for Black males accused of sexually assaulting White females. Using a population of official data on capital murder trials in North Carolina (1977–2009), this study examines the degree to which this cultural legacy endures to the present by examining the joint effects of offender's race and rape/sexual assault on the capital sentencing outcomes of capital murder trial involving White female victims. Our findings reveal support for the continuing endurance of this cultural legacy of lethal vengeance.

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