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Investigation and Prosecution of Homicide Cases in the United States,...
This study addressed questions related to potential geographic and racial disparity in the investigation and prosecution of federal capital cases and examined the process by... -
United Nations Surveys of Crime Trends and Operations of Criminal Justice...
Investigator(s): United Nations Office at Vienna, R.W. Burnham, Helen Burnham, Bruce DiCristina, and Graeme Newman The United Nations Surveys of Crime Trends and Operations of... -
Multistate Analysis of Time Consumption in Capital Appeals, 1992-2002
Despite public controversy over the length of death penalty appeals, little empirical work has been done on the time allocated to the capital appeals process. The purpose of... -
Processing and Outcome of Death Penalty Appeals After Furman v. Georgia,...
This data collection effort was undertaken to analyze the outcomes of capital appeals in the United States between 1973 and 1995 and as a means of assessing the reliability of... -
Habeas Corpus Litigation in United States District Courts: An Empirical...
The purpose of the Habeas Corpus Litigation in United States District Courts: An Empirical Study, 2007 is to provide empirical information about habeas corpus cases filed by... -
Re-examination of the Criminal Deterrent Effects of Capital Punishment in...
The purpose of this study was to estimate the deterrent effect of capital punishment by employing a methodology that accounted for model uncertainty by integrating various... -
Procedural Reform of Jury Murder Convictions in Georgia, 1970-1978
The purpose of this data collection was to assess the impact of the 1973 reforms of the death penalty laws on the levels of arbitrariness and discrimination in capital... -
Race and the Decision to Seek the Death Penalty in Federal Cases, 1995-2000...
The purpose of this project was to examine possible defendant and victim race effects in capital decisions in the federal system. Per the terms of their grant, the researchers...