Home → Publications → Reports → Trends and issues → Capital punishment
Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice
No. 3: Capital punishment
Ivan Potas and John Walker
ISBN 0 642 11381 7 ; ISSN 0817-8542
February 1987
- view paper (HTML)
- Download paper (PDF 87kB)
Abstract
The capital punishment debate is put in context by discussing the history of capital punishment in Australia; public opinion polls; and research on the effects of capital punishment. The authors argue that capital punishment is archaic, unproductive and ineffective as a deterrent.
References
- Information on how to order this publication