Capital Punishment

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Articles & eResources

The databases listed below can provide citations to newspaper, magazine and scholarly/peer review journals as well as each offers some full-text articles. Perform a subject search for articles by simply entering "capital punishment" into the search box in any of the indexes listed below. If you would like to combine "capital punishment" with a related term, such as: death row, electrocution, executions & executioners, gas chambers, or hanging, use the connector AND.

For example: "capital punishment" AND "gas chambers"

Opposing Viewpoints in Context

This resource presents opposing viewpoints on the purpose, morality, deterrent influence, and application of the death penalty.

EBSCOHost

MasterFILE Premier and Academic Search Premier indexes would be of most help for this assignment.

CQ Researcher

Newspaper Source Plus

LexisNexis Academic

Citations to public policy literature of economics, government, law, international business, political science, public administration, and other social sciences.

National Criminal Justice Reference Service

The National Criminal Justice Reference Service Database contains summaries of more than 150,000 criminal justice publications, including Federal, State, and local government reports, books, research reports, journal articles, and unpublished research.

Using the Library Catalog

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Click on the Subject tab and enter "capital punishment" to view a listing of the subject headings related to capital punishment or enter for example enter "capital punishment united states" to view items specifically about capital punishment in the United States.

Books & Library Materials

International Sourcebook on Capital Punishment

Websites

Bureau of Justice Statistics

Presents characteristics of persons under sentence of death on December 31, 1997, and of persons executed in 1997. Preliminary data on executions in 1998 include State, method used, and race of inmate.

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