Comments on: deterrent effect of death penalty still a mystery http://thesocietypages.org/citings/2009/11/09/deterrent-effect-of-death-penalty-still-a-mystery/ Scanning the journals and tracking the media for the best in cutting edge social science, served up in a concise, snappy style. Edited by students in the undergraduate and graduate sociology programs at the University of Minnesota. Sun, 20 May 2012 15:14:09 +0000 hourly 1 By: Daniel Tosh http://thesocietypages.org/citings/2009/11/09/deterrent-effect-of-death-penalty-still-a-mystery/#comment-1110 Daniel Tosh Tue, 16 Nov 2010 03:03:10 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/crawler/?p=1189#comment-1110 I'm pretty sure there was a decrease in crime a few gens ago..like 80s or 90s..I believe Roe v Wade plays a big factor in the crime rate. I guess its ok to say you should raise police salary and pay, but the root of everything is uneducated, irrational, mentally-ill people. Poorly planned parenthood creates poverty, irresponsible parenting etc. this is the reason why there are people that commit crimes because they are literally raised not knowing any better or were around " negative environments" What I'm getting to is the generation that was aborted due to the abortion law, never existed to commit the acts or crimes in different demographic regions :/ So really the death penalty actually starts with the abortions, only difference is you're killing grown adults. Gotta love America though right? I’m pretty sure there was a decrease in crime a few gens ago..like 80s or 90s..I believe Roe v Wade plays a big factor in the crime rate. I guess its ok to say you should raise police salary and pay, but the root of everything is uneducated, irrational, mentally-ill people. Poorly planned parenthood creates poverty, irresponsible parenting etc. this is the reason why there are people that commit crimes because they are literally raised not knowing any better or were around ” negative environments” What I’m getting to is the generation that was aborted due to the abortion law, never existed to commit the acts or crimes in different demographic regions :/ So really the death penalty actually starts with the abortions, only difference is you’re killing grown adults. Gotta love America though right?

]]> By: claudio giusti, italia http://thesocietypages.org/citings/2009/11/09/deterrent-effect-of-death-penalty-still-a-mystery/#comment-735 claudio giusti, italia Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:45:02 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/crawler/?p=1189#comment-735 I somtime think that, for many americans, death penalty is not a fact of law, it’s a religion. And religions do not need facts. They need miracles. Deterrent is one of them. I somtime think that, for many americans, death penalty is not a fact of law, it’s a religion. And religions do not need facts. They need miracles. Deterrent is one of them.

]]> By: Dudley Sharp http://thesocietypages.org/citings/2009/11/09/deterrent-effect-of-death-penalty-still-a-mystery/#comment-604 Dudley Sharp Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:26:13 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/crawler/?p=1189#comment-604 Cohen: Think about reality. "Death Penalty, Deterrence & Murder Rates: Let's be clear" http://prodpinnc.blogspot.com/2009/03/death-penalty-deterrence-murder-rates.html "The Death Penalty: More Protection for Innocents" http://homicidesurvivors.com/2009/07/05/the-death-penalty-more-protection-for-innocents.aspx "Deterrence and the Death Penalty: A Reply to Radelet and Lacock" http://homicidesurvivors.com/2009/07/02/deterrence-and-the-death-penalty-a-reply-to-radelet-and-lacock.aspx 16 recent deterrence studies, inclusive of their defenses, Criminal Justice Legal Foundation, http://www.cjlf.org/deathpenalty/DPDeterrence.htm Cohen:

Think about reality.

“Death Penalty, Deterrence & Murder Rates: Let’s be clear”
http://prodpinnc.blogspot.com/2009/03/death-penalty-deterrence-murder-rates.html

“The Death Penalty: More Protection for Innocents”
http://homicidesurvivors.com/2009/07/05/the-death-penalty-more-protection-for-innocents.aspx

“Deterrence and the Death Penalty: A Reply to Radelet and Lacock”
http://homicidesurvivors.com/2009/07/02/deterrence-and-the-death-penalty-a-reply-to-radelet-and-lacock.aspx

16 recent deterrence studies, inclusive of their defenses, Criminal Justice Legal Foundation,
http://www.cjlf.org/deathpenalty/DPDeterrence.htm

]]> By: Philip Cohen http://thesocietypages.org/citings/2009/11/09/deterrent-effect-of-death-penalty-still-a-mystery/#comment-600 Philip Cohen Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:20:51 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/crawler/?p=1189#comment-600 Hasn't most of the world has moved in the direction of civilization on this question in the last century? If that's true, it seems easier to study murder rates in places that eliminated the death penalty, rather than places that implemented it. And, why not do this cross-nationally instead of just in U.S. states? Since most of the world has lower murder rates and no death penalty, this doesn't seem that hard. But they must have thought of this. Hasn’t most of the world has moved in the direction of civilization on this question in the last century? If that’s true, it seems easier to study murder rates in places that eliminated the death penalty, rather than places that implemented it. And, why not do this cross-nationally instead of just in U.S. states? Since most of the world has lower murder rates and no death penalty, this doesn’t seem that hard. But they must have thought of this.

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