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   Is the death penalty a deterrent to murder?

   • A 2009 survey of criminologists revealed that over 88% believed the death penalty was NOT a deterrent to murder. The murder rate in non-Death Penalty states has remained consistently lower than the rate in States with the Death Penalty.

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   Does the death penalty reduce crime?

   • More police involvement in the local community seems to reduce crime. The death penalty affects only a tiny percentage of even those who commit murder. Its effect is very difficult to pinpoint, and the National Academy of Sciences has concluded that past studies have neither proven nor disproven a deterrent effect.

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   Does a deterrence study deter the death penalty?

   • The Criminal Justice Legal Foundation has collected many of the recent, controversial deterrence studies, including ones by Hashem Dezhbakhsh, Paul H. Rubin, Joanna M. Shepherd, H. Naci Mocan & R. Kaj Gittings and others claiming a deterrent effect to the death penalty. These studies may be found here.

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   Is capital punishment a deterrent?

   • The American South has the highest murder rate in the country and oversees 81% of the nation’s executions. In states without the death penalty, the murder rate is much lower. There are other factors at play, but the fact remains that no studies show that capital punishment is a deterrent.

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   Does the death penalty affect murder rates?

   • In April 2012, The National Research Council concluded that studies claiming that the death penalty affects murder rates were “fundamentally flawed” because they did not consider the effects of noncapital punishments and used “incomplete or implausible models.”

   The Death Penalty and Deterrence | Amnesty International USA

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   Is the death penalty a stronger deterrent than long term imprisonment?

   • However, there is no clear evidence that the use of the death penalty for such crimes acts as a stronger deterrent than long terms of imprisonment. This argument supposes that criminals study and anticipate the consequences of getting caught, and decide that a long term of imprisonment is acceptable, whereas execution is not.

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2. deathpenaltyinfo.org › policy-issues › deterrenceDeterrence - Death Penalty Information Center

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   Aug 8, 2024 · The death penalty affects only a tiny percentage of even those who commit murder. Its effect is very difficult to pinpoint, and the National Academy of Sciences has concluded that past studies have neither proven nor disproven a deterrent effect. At Issue.

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4. crim.sas.upenn.edu › fact-check › does-death-penaltyDoes the Death Penalty Deter Crime? | Department of Criminology

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   When there are executions, violent crime decreases. But there have also been claims that executions “brutalize” society because government agencies diminish respect for life when the death penalty is applied.

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6. deathpenalty.procon.org › questions › does-the-deathDoes the Death Penalty Deter Crime? - ProCon.org

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   Dec 20, 2019 · Recent econometric studies, which posit that the death penalty has a marginal deterrent effect beyond that of long-term imprisonment, are so limited or flawed that they have failed to undermine consensus.

7. nij.ojp.gov › five-things-about-deterrenceFive Things About Deterrence | National Institute of Justice

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   Jun 5, 2016 · Certainty has a greater impact on deterrence than severity of punishment. Severity refers to the length of a sentence. Studies show that for most individuals convicted of a crime, short to moderate prison sentences may be a deterrent but longer prison terms produce only a limited deterrent effect.

8. deathpenaltyinfo.org › policy-issues › deterrenceStudies on Deterrence, Debunked | Death Penalty Information ...

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   The study found that 88 % did not believe that the death penal­ty is a proven deter­rent to homi­cide and that 87 % believe that abo­li­tion of the death penal­ty would not have any sig­nif­i­cant effect on mur­der rates.

9. www.amnesty.org › en › wp-contentDOES THE DEATH PENALTY DETER CRIME? - Amnesty International

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   FACT. Evidence from around the world has shown that the death penalty has no unique deterrent effect on crime. Many people have argued that abolishing the death penalty leads to higher crime rates, but studies in the USA and Canada, for instance, do not back this up.

10. www.amnestyusa.org › issues › death-penaltyThe Death Penalty and Deterrence | Amnesty International USA

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    Jun 26, 2023 · A 2009 survey of criminologists revealed that over 88% believed the death penalty was NOT a deterrent to murder. The murder rate in non-Death Penalty states has remained consistently lower than the rate in States with the Death Penalty.