dp {BaM}

dp

Description

Death Penalty Data, See Page 142.

Usage

data(dp)

Format

7 variables for 17 states

Details

The variables included in the dataset are:

• X State

• EXECUTIONS Number of capital punishments at state level in 1997

• INCOME Median per capita income in dollars

• PERPOVERTY Percent classified as living in poverty

• PERBLACK Percent of black citizens in population

• VC100k96 Rate of violent crime per 100,000 residents for 1996

• SOUTH Is the state in the South?

• PROPDEGREE Proportion of population with college degree

Source

Norrander, B. (2000). The Multi-Layered Impact of Public Opinion on Capital Punishment Implementation in the American States. Political Research Quarterly 53, 771-793.