Dangerousness and death
A nexus in search of science and reason
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8717040 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mark D Cunningham (0000-0002-0986-9752, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 61 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 828-839 |
| Publication date | 2006-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Psychologist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-066X • E-ISSN: 1935-990X |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1037/0003-066x.61.8.828 |
| PMID | 17115827 |
| OpenAlex | W2061322634 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
An assertion that a capital offender will engage in future acts of criminal violence is a factor in determining "death worthiness" in many jurisdictions of the United States. The legislative conception and court affirmation of this issue as a capital consideration were products of the parole policy and prison capability of an earlier era as well as of the limitations of risk assessment methodology and findings at that time. The intuitive assumptions that support assertions of future dangerousness as a death penalty issue have been rendered irrelevant by changing prison conditions and parole policies or have been refuted by current findings. This raises important questions for a reasoned public policy in capital sentencing. ((c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)
Assertion · Capital (architecture · Criminology · Economics · Legislature · Nexus (standard · Political science · Positive economics · Prison · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Engineering · Psychology · History · Law · Social Psychology
Sentencing Determinations in Death Penalty Cases
Assessing symptom exaggeration of psychopathology in incarcerated individuals and mentally ill offenders within forensic contexts
Use of the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised in Legal Contexts
Death Penalty Abolition, the Right to Life, and Necessity
Mental health mitigating evidence and judicial outcomes for federal capital defendants
Capital jury decision-making
Statement of concerned experts on the use of the Hare Psychopathy Checklist—Revised in capital sentencing to assess risk for institutional violence
Inmate homicides
Operationalizing risk
| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,47 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2023 (17) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |