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Death Penalty Exemptions for Juveniles: An Event History Analysis of State Policy Adoption
Author(s) -
Traut Carol Ann,
Emmert Craig F.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
politics and policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.259
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 1747-1346
pISSN - 1555-5623
DOI - 10.1111/j.1747-1346.2003.tb00150.x
Subject(s) - state (computer science) , ideology , juvenile , power (physics) , event (particle physics) , explanatory power , actuarial science , demography , political science , business , law , politics , sociology , mathematics , biology , physics , algorithm , quantum mechanics , genetics , philosophy , epistemology
We develop a model to explain state adoption of death penalty exemptions for juveniles under age 18. Employing event history analysis, we find that internal factors are the primary determinants of juvenile exemptions. More specifically, we find that citizen ideology and death penalty support, as measured by the number on death row, provide explanatory power. Regional and temporal variables, on the other hand, appear to have little impact on state adoption of death penalty exemptions for those under age 18.