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E-raamat: Determinants of the Death Penalty: A Comparative Study of the World [Taylor & Francis e-raamat]

(Åbo Akademi University, Finland)
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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 investigation into determinants of the death penalty in the USA.

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.
List of illustrations
ix
Preface xiii
Mapping the death penalty
1(23)
Introduction
1(1)
Two time periods
2(2)
The dependent variable
4(13)
A historical and geographical overview
17(3)
Methodological considerations
20(2)
Six sets of explanations
22(2)
Explaining the death penalty
24(66)
The physical setting
24(5)
The cultural setting
29(12)
Development, security and dependency
41(17)
Political institutions
58(9)
Political actors
67(8)
Historical explanations
75(15)
Contextual patterns
90(49)
Global patterns
90(12)
The death penalty in democracies and non-democracies
102(19)
Regional patterns
121(18)
The death penalty in the USA
139(26)
The USA as a case study
139(4)
Mapping the death penalty in the USA
143(5)
Physical factors
148(1)
The cultural setting
149(1)
Socioeconomic development
150(1)
Level of crime
151(1)
Political actors
151(5)
Historical explanations
156(2)
Multivariate patterns in the USA
158(1)
Discussion
159(6)
Determinants of the death penalty
165(14)
Summary of findings
165(3)
Legitimacy, diffusion and trends
168(11)
Notes 179(2)
References 181(12)
Index 193


Carsten Anckar is senior lecturer in political science at the Mid-Sweden University and associate professor at the Åbo Akademi University, Finland.