Marked for Death: An Empirical Criminal Careers Analysis of Death Sentences in a Sample of Convicted Male Homicide Offenders

Monic P. Behnken, Jonathan W. Caudill, Mark T. Berg, Chad R. Trulson and Matt DeLisi

Journal of Criminal Justice, 2011, vol. 39, issue 6, 471-478

Abstract: Although prior criminal record and concurrent criminal charges constitute the main eligibility and aggravating circumstances used in capital sentencing, relatively little research has examined the criminal careers of offenders who are ultimately sentenced to death.

Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2011.09.001

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