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A Conflicting Deterrence Study

By Steve Hall

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The Science blog at USA Today has, "Study: Executions might slightly lower homicide rates," posted by Dan Vergano.Executions in Texas slightly lower homicide rates there, about five to 10 killings in the year afterwards, suggest criminologists.The executions also may displace homicides to nearby states, however. "Does the death penalty save lives?," a study led by sociologist Kenneth Land of Duke University in the current Criminology journal, looked at executions in Texas from 1994 to 2005 and subsequent crime. Criminologists, and Supreme Court cases, have debated the death penalty for at least four decades, the study notes, adding, "estimates of the deterrent effects of executions are highly sensitive to the model," used in the analysis...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on December 10, 2009 (boomark / email).

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