This fifth edition of the first true textbook on the death penalty engages the reader with a full
account of the arguments and issues surrounding capital punishment. The book begins with …

Die 7. Auflage der „Kriminologie “, nun von Tobias Singelnstein mitverfasst, bietet eine
grundlegend überarbeitete Fassung des seit 1994 bewährten Lehrbuches. Die Darstellung …

The social construction of crime is often out of proportion to the threat posed. The media and
advocacy groups shine a spotlight on some crimes and ignore others. Street crime is …

" This book discusses the complex relationships between psychology, criminology and
criminal justice. Challenging the assumptions of those who object to the use of psychology …

This paper merges a state-level panel data set that includes crime and deterrence measures
and state characteristics with information on all death sentences handed out in the United …

Does the death penalty save lives? In recent years, a new round of research has been using
annual time‐series panel data from the 50 US states for 25 or so years from the 1970s to the …

In 1975, Ehrlich published a seminal paper in American Economic Review which argued
that executions prevent murders in America. Subsequent empirical studies varied in their …

The vast majority of death penalty studies use geographically or temporally aggregated
data. Such aggregation can make it virtually impossible to identify small amounts of variation …

Although decades of empirical research has demonstrated that criminal behavior responds
to incentives, non-economists frequently express the belief that human beings are not …

Discussions of punishment for homicide usually focus on either retributive justice or
deterrence. This article attempts to broaden these discussions to include using restorative …