CHANCE AND THE DEATH-PENALTY

被引:19
作者
BERK, RA
WEISS, R
BOGER, J
机构
[1] UNIV N CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL, NC 27514 USA
[2] UNIV CALIF LOS ANGELES, DEPT SOCIOL, LOS ANGELES, CA 90024 USA
[3] UNIV CALIF LOS ANGELES, PROGRAM SOCIAL STAT, LOS ANGELES, CA 90024 USA
[4] UNIV CALIF LOS ANGELES, DEPT BIOSTAT, LOS ANGELES, CA 90024 USA
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10.2307/3053749
中图分类号
D9 [法律]; DF [法律];
学科分类号
0301 ;
摘要
We address capriciousness in decisions by prosecutors to charge homicide defendants with a capital crime. We suggest that it is useful to think of such decisions as a kind of lottery in which one should focus on the distribution of outcomes when considering both the nature of capriciousness and the degree of capriciousness. After our conceptional framework is introduced, we illustrate our ideas with the analysis of a data set from San Francisco.
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页码:89 / 110
页数:22
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