Research, statistics and academic references
provide information on the number of individuals who are
or have been on death row and information about the application
of the death penalty.
State
UM Study: Race, Geography Factors in Md. Death
Penalty Decisions http://www.urhome.umd.edu/newsdesk/sociss/release.cfm?ArticleID=265
News about the study efectuated by Raymond Paternoster, criminologist,
statistician, and principal investigator. Includes links to copies of the
executive summary of the report and the Final report in PDF format.
Moratorium Campaign Website http://www.moratoriumcampaign.org/facts/research.lasso
Studies and Research about the death Penalty, hosted by the Moratorium
Campaign website. Also they provide ideas and materials –including
a kit- for students to organize activities on campus in addition to links,
other resources, news…
Citizens United for Alternatives to the Death
Penalty http://www.cuadp.org/index.html
This is a very good website with information on specific death row inmates
and who is working on their cases, provides links to latest news, and has
a link for scholarly research on the death penalty.
Cornell Law School http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/death_penalty.html
This is a site gives a short overview about the death penalty and then
links to federal and state death penalty related laws and materials. Good
research site.
National
Critical Criminology http://critcrim.org
Web site for the American Society of Criminology (ASC) Division on Critical
Criminology and the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS) Section
on Critical Criminology. The site provides information about critical scholarship
related to crime and justice. The site is intended to link students, scholars,
and researchers with interests in critical criminology.
