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A Critical Examination of the “White Victim Effect” and Death Penalty Decision-Making from a Propensity Score Matching Approach: The North Carolina Experience

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  • Jennings, Wesley G.
  • Richards, Tara N.
  • Dwayne Smith, M.
  • Bjerregaard, Beth
  • Fogel, Sondra J.

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Death penalty research has rather consistently demonstrated a statistically significant relationship between defendant race and victim race in general, and for the Black defendant/White victim race dyad specifically. The bulk of this evidence has been derived from correlational studies and from cases over relatively condensed time frames.

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  • Jennings, Wesley G. & Richards, Tara N. & Dwayne Smith, M. & Bjerregaard, Beth & Fogel, Sondra J., 2014. "A Critical Examination of the “White Victim Effect” and Death Penalty Decision-Making from a Propensity Score Matching Approach: The North Carolina Experience," Journal of Criminal Justice, Elsevier, vol. 42(5), pages 384-398.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jcjust:v:42:y:2014:i:5:p:384-398
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2014.05.004
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