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Homicides and the death penalty in Australia - 1915-1975. by John Walker

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Title

Homicides and the death penalty in Australia - 1915-1975. by John Walker,

Creator

Walker, John,

Collection

IndexNT Magazines, IndexNT, Criminology Australia,,

Date

1992,

Abstract

Support for capital punishment usually rests, in large part, on its supposed general deterrent effect-that is, the use of the death penalty is supposed to reduce the levels of 'capital' crimes such as murder.,

Subject

Capital punishment,

Series

Criminology Australia,,

Volume

January/February 1992, v. 3,no. 3 ; p. 19-25.,

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/88716,