USE OF THE DEATH PENALTY V OUTRAGE AT MURDER

• NCJ Number: 16183
• Journal: Crime and Delinquency Volume: 20 Issue: 4 Dated: (OCTOBER 1974) Pages: 333-338
• Author(s): D GLASER; M S ZEIGLER
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 6 pages
• Corporate Author: National Council on Crime and Delinquency
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

EXAMINES MURDER RATES IN DIFFERENT STATES AND COMPARES EACH STATE'S RATES WITH USE OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT.

Abstract

THREE EXPLANATIONS ARE CONSIDERED FOR THE FACT THAT THE STATES WHICH HAVE HISTORICALLY USED EXECUTIONS MOST ARE THE SAME ONES WHICH HAVE THE HIGHEST MURDER RATES. THE ARGUMENT THAT BOTH MURDER AND CAPITAL PUNISHMENT RATES REFLECT A LOW VALUATION OF LIFE IS SUPPORTED BY THE FINDING THAT THE STATES WHICH HAVE USED THE DEATH PENALTY MOST ARE NOW THE ONES MOST LENIENT IN THE LENGTH OF TIME THEY CONFINE MURDERERS BEFORE RELEASING THEM ON PAROLE. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT) FOR ANALYSIS OF THIS DISCUSSION, SEE NCJ-31583 AND FOR GLASER'S RESPONSE, SEE NCJ-31584