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Questions
1. Relative to possible deterrence, other effects, and wrongful executions, which choice most accurately reflects research findings cited in your text about the death penalty?
a. The National Research Council found no evidence of any effects via a longitudinal literature review.
b. The rates of murders and of executions in southern U.S. states tend to support a deterrence effect.
2. According to your text, relative to the condemned prisoners with whom they work, what is the general experience of death row correctional officers?
a. Officers establish rapport but do not develop relationships with inmates.
b. Officers find it easier if inmates are executed on-site than if transferred.
c. Officers feel a sense of loss when inmates are transferred for execution.
d. Officers feel they put inmates to death that are relocated for execution.
3. Which type of research has recently been most suggestive for a possible deterrent effect of capital punishment?
a. immediate impact studies
b. advanced statistical analyses
c. time-series analyses
d. contiguous-state analyses