Concept information
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political science
American politics and society
United States Supreme Court
civil rights and civil liberties
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social history of crime
courts, corrections, punishments
United States Supreme Court
civil rights and civil liberties
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criminology
key organizations (criminology)
United States Supreme Court
civil rights and civil liberties
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higher education law
key organizations (criminology)
United States Supreme Court
civil rights and civil liberties
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political science
American politics and society
United States Supreme Court
constitutional issues
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social history of crime
courts, corrections, punishments
United States Supreme Court
constitutional issues
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higher education law
key organizations (criminology)
United States Supreme Court
constitutional issues
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criminology and criminal justice
criminology
social history of crime
courts, corrections, punishments
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mental health, mental disorders, and special groups
antisocial behavior
violence
government-sanctioned violence
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cultural sociology of divorce
culture, society, and popular media
juvenile delinquency
juvenile capital punishment
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cultural sociology of divorce
culture, society, and popular media
juvenile delinquency
juvenile capital punishment
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cultural sociology of divorce
culture, society, and popular media
juvenile delinquency
juvenile capital punishment
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cultural sociology of divorce
culture, society, and popular media
juvenile delinquency
juvenile capital punishment
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criminology and criminal justice
special populations
juvenile justice
juvenile capital punishment
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special populations: etiology, prevention, and treatment
special populations
juvenile justice
juvenile capital punishment
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modern political thought
contemporary issues in political thought
punishment
juvenile capital punishment
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community corrections
history, development, and definitions
punishment
juvenile capital punishment
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community corrections
history, development, and definitions
punishment
juvenile capital punishment
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community corrections
history, development, and definitions
punishment
juvenile capital punishment
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community corrections
history, development, and definitions
punishment
juvenile capital punishment
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community corrections
history, development, and definitions
punishment
juvenile capital punishment
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criminology and criminal justice
criminal justice
juvenile justice
juvenile law and legislative initiatives
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penology
prisons and correctional facilities
juvenile justice
juvenile law and legislative initiatives
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criminology and criminal justice
special populations
juvenile justice
juvenile law and legislative initiatives
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special populations: etiology, prevention, and treatment
special populations
juvenile justice
juvenile law and legislative initiatives
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sentencing and incarceration
community corrections
history, development, and definitions
punishment
Preferred term
capital punishment
Definition
- Capital punishment is the execution by the government of individuals who have committed a specified crime punishable by death (a “capital” crime). It has been a controversial and debated issue throughout time. [Source: Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment; Capital Punishment]
Broader concept
- civil rights and civil liberties
- constitutional issues
- courts, corrections, punishments
- crime and deviance
- formal social control
- government-sanctioned violence
- juvenile capital punishment
- juvenile law and legislative initiatives
- law and courts
- libertarianism and policy
- murder
- penology
- psychology and law
- punishment
- sentencing and incarceration
- theories of punishment
- types of punishment
Narrower concepts
- aggravating and mitigating circumstances
- American Bar Association Resolution on Mental Disability and the Death Penalty
- capital mitigation
- checklist for competency for execution evaluations
- competency for execution
- death qualification of juries
- death row
- effect on jurors of aggravating and mitigating circumstances in capital trials
- evaluation of aggravating and mitigating circumstances in capital cases
- execution
- jury understanding of judges' instructions in capital cases
- juvenile capital punishment
- mental illness and the death penalty
- mental retardation and the death penalty
- moral disengagement and execution
- religion and the death penalty
- types of homicide and degrees of murder
- victim impact statements
Entry terms
- death penalty
Belongs to group
URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/capital_punishment
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