Death penalty and Crime deterrence-A review of Quantitative evidences Bisht Shivani1, Patil Rakshit S.2, Dr. Labani Satyanarayana3,,* 1Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, SBSPGI, Dehradun, Uttarakhannd & Trainee at ICPO (ICMR) 2Department of Clinical Pharmacy Practice, BLDEA's College of Pharmacy, Bijapur, Karnataka & Trainee at ICPO (ICMR). 3Scientist G, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Cytology and Preventive Oncology, Indian Council of Medical Research, I-7, Sector-39, Noida-201301, Uttar Pradesh, India *Corresponding Author: Dr. Satyanarayana Labani, Scientist G, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Cytology and Preventive Oncology, Indian Council of Medical Research, I-7, Sector-39, Noida -201301 Uttar Pradesh, India. satyanarayanalabani@yahoo.com
Online published on 22 March, 2016. Abstract The issue of death penalty and crime deterrence has been a debate. A review was undertaken on the Quantitative evidences that found the mixed results both deterring effect as well non-deterring effect. Several studies have documented deterring effects of capital punishment. However, the published studies on capital punishment and deterrence effects include a number of statistical models and conclusions are contradictory. Hence, these types of studies needed a lot of care for the confirmation of hypothesis of statistical models. Top |