Does death penalty have a deterrent effect on homicides?

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Du, Shangzhu, Sheng, Chao, Wen, Shaoyi
• مؤلفون آخرون: Feng Qu
• التنسيق: Final Year Project
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: 2015
• الموضوعات: DRNTU::Humanities; DRNTU::Social sciences::Economic theory
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/62767

Death penalty has been practiced by most societies in the past but a growing number of countries have abolished this sanction. Among all debates about whether to retain or abolish death penalty, the effect of death penalty on deterring homicides is the most controversial arguing point. This paper ai...