Abstract
If it is difficult, perhaps impossible, to prove statistically—and just as hard to disprove—that the death penalty deters more from capital crimes than available alternative punishments do (such as life imprisonment), why do so many people believe so firmly that the death penalty is a more effective deterrent?
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Notes
For a more thorough discussion of this passage in the Kantian text, including a consideration of the significance of merely, see Jeffrie G. Murphy, Kant: The Philosophy of Right ( London: Macmillan, 1970 ), pp. 140–144.
Estelle v. Smith,(1981) 451 U.S. 454.
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 1983 Ernest van den Haag and John P. Conrad
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
van den Haag, E., Conrad, J.P. (1983). More on the Deterrent Effect of the Death Penalty. In: The Death Penalty. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2787-3_6
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2787-3_6
Publisher Name: Springer, Boston, MA
Print ISBN: 978-0-306-41416-9
Online ISBN: 978-1-4899-2787-3
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive