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Studies on Deterrence, Debunked Death Penalty Information Center
WebbThe source: “The Uses and Abuses of Empirical Evidence in the Death Penalty Debate” by John J. Donohue and Justin Wolfers, in The Stanford Law Review, 58:3. At the heart of the debate about whether the United States should retain capital punishment is the question of whether it deters murder. jetstar flights to melbourne tomorrow
(PDF) The Dilemma of Death Penalty - ResearchGate
http://users.nber.org/~jwolfers/Papers/DeathPenalty(SLR).pdf WebbIn a recent article, John Donohue and Justin Wolfers (hereinafter “D&W”) review a number of modern econometric studies that purport to demonstrate a deterrent effect of capital punishment. The majority of these studies, including one by Zimmerman ( 2004 ), rely upon panel data methods. WebbJohn Donohue and Justin Wolfers argue that Gary Becker and Richard Posner are wrong to think that the death penalty deters murder: they find little empirical support for the claim. If anything, when one looks over the longest period possible (1934-2000) there is more evidence that the death penalty stimulates murder than that it deters murder. jetstar flights to darwin from sydney