Graduation Semester and Year
2018
Language
English
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts in Criminology and Criminal Justice
Department
Criminology and Criminal Justice
First Advisor
Jaya B. Davis
Abstract
This study assessed the long debated question over the death penalty’s deterrent effects. The majority of the empirical research on this topic is dated and does not display the current status of capital punishment. The death penalty argument is divided between criminologists who suggest that capital punishment holds no deterrent effects and criminologists who suggest that it does. This examination revisits the argument with an analysis of state panel data and executions between the years of 2000 and 2014. The findings suggest that the application of the death penalty does not deter would be offenders from committing homicide.
Keywords
Death penalty, Homicides, States, Deter, Deterrence
Disciplines
Criminology and Criminal Justice | Legal Studies | Social and Behavioral Sciences
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Mendoza Valles, Lorenzo A., "Does the Death Penalty Deter Homicides?" (2018). Criminology & Criminal Justice Theses. 87.
https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/crcj_theses/87
Comments
Degree granted by The University of Texas at Arlington