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Review Of Executions In America, William C. Bailey
Review Of Executions In America, William C. Bailey
Sociology & Criminology Faculty Publications
Reviews the book "Executions in America," by William J. Bowers.
Certainty Of Arrest And Crime Rates For Major Felonies: Research Note, William C. Bailey
Certainty Of Arrest And Crime Rates For Major Felonies: Research Note, William C. Bailey
Sociology & Criminology Faculty Publications
A recent investigation by Tittle and Rowe (1974) examining the deterrent effect of the certainty of arrest on felony rates in Florida is briefly summarized and critiqued. Examination shows their analysis to suffer from serious theoretical and methodological limitations. To extend their investigation and thus better understand the deterrent effect of arrest we examine the relationship between arrest rates and offense rates for cities and counties of Florida for seven major felonies. Analysis lends general support to the deterrence argument, but shows that the effect of arrest is not uniform for each offense, with different levels of arrest (certainty of …
Crime, Punishment And Personality: Examination Of Deterrence Question, William C. Bailey, Ruth P. Lott
Crime, Punishment And Personality: Examination Of Deterrence Question, William C. Bailey, Ruth P. Lott
Sociology & Criminology Faculty Publications
While the presumed deterrent effect of punishment provides the cornerstone of the criminal justice system, it would be a mistake to assume that deterrence is well established in both theory and research. Recognizing the limitations of deterrence investigations, this study examines the relationship between a person's perceptions of punishment and their actual criminal involvement. Most deterrence investigations have focused primarily upon homicide and the death penalty. Although these investigations suggest that the threat of sanctions may have an important deterrent effect, careful examination shows them to suffer from serious theoretical and methodological limitations. Through this study, it was found out …
Use Of Death Penalty V. Outrage At Murder: Some Additional Evidence And Considerations, William C. Bailey
Use Of Death Penalty V. Outrage At Murder: Some Additional Evidence And Considerations, William C. Bailey
Sociology & Criminology Faculty Publications
In this paper we summarize and analyze Glaser and Zeigler's attempt to empirically examine three explanations of why murder rates have generally been highest in states where capital punishment has been used the most. Examination shows their analysis to suffer from serious methodological shortcomings. Neither their data nor additional evidence presented here lends much support to their conclusion that (1) both frequent use of the death penalty and high murder rates are consequences of a low valuation of life and (2) homicide rates can be reduced by abolition of the death penalty.