Deterrence & the Death Penalty: A Critical Review of the Econometric LiteratureCommunication Division of the Ministry of the Solicitor General, 1977 - Capital punishment - 64 pages Reviews research on the deterrence of the death penalty, penalty with particular emphasis on a study by I. Ehrlich, released in 1975. |
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