RACE AND THE DEATH PENALTY IN GEORGIA 1995-2004: HAS ANYTHING CHANGED?

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dc.contributor.advisorPaternoster, Rayen_US
dc.contributor.authorJoseph, Patriciaen_US
dc.contributor.departmentCriminology and Criminal Justiceen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-19T07:08:21Z
dc.date.available2010-02-19T07:08:21Z
dc.date.issued2009en_US
dc.description.abstractThis study examines the relationship between the race of victim and combination of victim and offender races on a prosecutor's decision to seek the death penalty. The objective is to offer an updated look at the Georgia capital sentencing system between 1995 and 2004. In an older Georgia study based on data from the 1970s, race of victim was found to be of critical importance in capital case processing. Given the changes that have occurred in Georgia's death penalty system to address disparate sentencing along with the number of years that have gone by, an argument can be made that a more current investigation may yield new findings. Using data from the Atlanta Constitution Journal, a logistic regression analysis is conducted. Results reveal that although race of victim is still relevant to a prosecutor's decision to seek a death sentence, its influence has diminished.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/10000
dc.subject.pqcontrolledSociology, Criminology and Penologyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledDeath Penaltyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledGeorgiaen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledProsecutorial Discretionen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledRaceen_US
dc.titleRACE AND THE DEATH PENALTY IN GEORGIA 1995-2004: HAS ANYTHING CHANGED?en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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