NCJ Number
12170
Journal
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY AND CORRECTIONS Volume: 15 Issue: 4 Dated: (OCTOBER 1973) Pages: 367-396
Date Published
1973
Length
30 pages
Annotation
EXAMINATION OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT AS A CONSEQUENCE OF MURDER IN RELATION TO A PROPOSED HOMICIDE OFFENDER TYPOLOGY.
Abstract
ELEVEN TYPES OF HOMICIDE OFFENDERS ARE LISTED AND THEN PLACED INTO FOUR MAJOR CATEGORIES - MENTALLY ILL HOMICIDE OFFENDERS, DELIBERATE ANTI-SOCIAL LIFE STYLE HOMICIDE OFFENDERS, 'SQUARE JOHN' HOMICIDE OFFENDERS (PERSONAL OR ACCIDENTAL ONE-TIME OFFENDERS), AND SUBCULTURAL ASSAULTER HOMICIDE OFFENDERS. THE AUTHOR STATES THAT PUNISHMENT, TREATMENT, OR REHABILITATION IS DIFFERENT FOR EACH TYPE OF OFFENDER, AND IF UNIFORMITY OF SENTENCING IS TO BE MAINTAINED, THE STATUTES MUST BE ADJUSTED TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE VARIOUS TYPES OF HOMICIDE OFFENDERS. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT, USED APPROPRIATELY FOR THE FELONY HOMICIDE OFFENDER, THE PROFESSIONAL HIRED ASSASSIN, AND THE POLITICAL ASSASSIN, SHOULD DEMONSTRATE THAT SOCIETY WILL NOT TOLERATE THEIR ACTIONS OR LIFE STYLES. HOWEVER, FOR THE OTHER HOMICIDE OFFENDER TYPES, OTHER METHODS OF PUNISHMENT, TREATMENT, REHABILITATION, AND PREVENTION SHOULD BE USED.