The determinants of executions since 1951: How politics, protests, public opinion, and social divisions shape capital punishment

Social Problems

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 297-318

  Jacobs, David ^a   Kent, Stephanie L ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Civil rights protests and executions; Death penalty support and executions; Delayed effects; Execution politics; Social divisions and executions

Indexed keywords

EID: 43249133749     PISSN: 00377791     EISSN: 15338533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sp.2007.54.3.297     Document Type: Article

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