The changing nature of death penalty debates

Annual Review of Sociology

Volumn 26, Issue , 2000, Pages 43-61

  Radelet, Michael L ^a   Borg, Marian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Capital punishment; Deterrence; Public opinion; Retribution; Social science research

Indexed keywords

EID: 17244365566     PISSN: 03600572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.soc.26.1.43     Document Type: Article

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