Marked for death: An empirical criminal careers analysis of death sentences in a sample of convicted male homicide offenders

Journal of Criminal Justice

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 471-478

  Behnken, Monic P ^a   Caudill, Jonathan W ^b   Berg, Mark T ^c   Trulson, Chad R ^d   DeLisi, Matt ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

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EID: 84855981121     PISSN: 00472352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2011.09.001     Document Type: Article

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