title: Executions as a deterrent to homicide.
abstract: For the period 1977-1992, the number of homicides in a state tended to decrease more often after a year of no executions than after a year with one or more executions, the opposite of a deterrent effect.
authors.affiliation: Psychology Program, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Pomona 08240-0195, USA.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lester
mesh_terms: D002203:Capital Punishment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006708:Homicide / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D014481:United States