Determinants of the death penalty : a comparative study of the world / Carsten Anckar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Anckar, Carsten, 1969-

Series:

Routledge research in comparative politics ; 8.

Routledge research in comparative politics ; 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Capital punishment--Cross-cultural studies.

Capital punishment.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (213 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Determinants of the Death Penalty seeks to explain the phenomenon of capital punishment - without recourse to value judgements - by identifying those characteristics common to countries that use the death penalty and those that mark countries which do not. This global study uses statistical analysis to relate the popularity of the death penalty to physical, cultural, social, economical, institutional, actor oriented and historical factors. Separate studies are conducted for democracies and non-democracies and within four regional contexts. The book also contains an in-depth investigat

Contents:

Cover; Determinants of the Death Penalty; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; 1 Mapping the death penalty; Introduction; Two time periods; The dependent variable; A historical and geographical overview; Methodological considerations; Six sets of explanations; 2 Explaining the death penalty; The physical setting; The cultural setting; Development, security and dependency; Political institutions; Political actors; Historical explanations; 3 Contextual patterns; Global patterns; The death penalty in democracies and non-democracies; Regional patterns

4 The death penalty in the USAThe USA as a case study; Mapping the death penalty in the USA; Physical factors; The cultural setting; Socioeconomic development; Level of crime; Political actors; Historical explanations; Multivariate patterns in the USA; Discussion; 5 Determinants of the death penalty; Summary of findings; Legitimacy, diffusion and trends; Notes; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-192) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-31545-7

1-134-31546-5

1-280-04618-X

0-203-31444-1

9780203314449

OCLC:

174145141