The short-term effects of executions on homicides: Deterrence, displacement, or both?

Criminology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1009-1043

  Land, Kenneth C ^a   Teske Jr , Raymond H C ^b   Zheng, Hui ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deterrence; Displacement; Executions; Homicides

Indexed keywords

EID: 71949111675     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: 17459125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2009.00168.x     Document Type: Article

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