Uses and abuses of empirical evidence in the death penalty debate
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In: Orientalia Christiana analecta 258
In: The annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Band 704, Heft 1, S. 92-117
ISSN: 1552-3349
Substantial evidence has documented a powerful "instrumentality" effect: the more lethal the weaponry employed, the greater the likelihood that death will result from any given assault. This finding provides the foundation for the subsequent findings that a variety of measures that restrict the prevalence or limit the permissible types of lethal weaponry can lower the costs of gun violence. The literature has advanced to the point that there is a sufficient empirical basis to call for the elimination of right-to-carry laws, to reestablish bans on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, to maintain restrictions on youthful access to guns, and to repeal stand-your-ground laws. The Supreme Court's recent decision expanding the scope of the Second Amendment in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen shows a concerning disinterest in the importance of these empirical findings.
In: Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, 11:4, December 2014
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In: Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Band 11, Heft 4, S. 637-696
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In: Punishment & society, Band 10, Heft 3, S. 333-337
ISSN: 1741-3095
In: Social research: an international quarterly, Band 74, Heft 2, S. 379-412
ISSN: 1944-768X
In: Journal of institutional and theoretical economics: JITE, Band 163, Heft 1, S. 46
ISSN: 1614-0559
In: NBER Working Paper No. w11631
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In: Children Australia, Band 26, Heft 2, S. 39-39
ISSN: 2049-7776
In: Ethnos, Band 56, Heft 1-2, S. 19-38
ISSN: 1469-588X
In: Ethnos, Band 49, Heft 1-2, S. 62-79
ISSN: 1469-588X
In: The New Palgrave Dictionary of Law and Economics, 1998
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