Death penalty deterrence pptx 1

Study Results

General Deterrent Effect
A
800

63% reduction,

representing
a
701

600

270%

400

differential!
261

200
0
1981

1996

General Deterrent Effect

14 nations that abolished the death penalty showed that

7%

murder rates increased
from the 5 year pre-abolition
period to the 5 year post abolition period (Archer, et al, 1977)

Individual Deterrent Effect

Criminals, by a 5:1 ratio, believed that capital
punishment was a significant enough

deterrent to prevent them and/or others from
murdering their victims (People vs Love, 56
Cal 2d 720 (1961), McComb, J. dissenting.