The Death Penalty in America. Hugo Adam Bedau, Killing as Punishment: Reflections on the Death Penalty in America (Boston: Northeastern University Press, 2004); Hugo Adam Bedau and Paul Cassell, Debating the Death Penalty: Should America Have Capital Punishment? (New York: Oxford University Press, 2004); Michael A. Foley, Arbitrary and Capricious: The Supreme Court, the Constitution, and the Death Penalty (Westwood, CT: Praeger, 2003); Mark D. Cunningham and Mark P. Vigen, "Death row inmate characteristics, adjustment, and confinement: A critical review of the literature," Behavioral Sciences and the Law 20 (2002): 191-210.
Capital Jury Project. Since 1990, the Capital Jury Project has conducted interviews with more than 1,000 jurors who served in death penalty trials in 14 states. Findings suggest that jurors are subject to a wide range of misconceptions and prejudices that may undermine their ability to render reliable verdicts in capital cases. See William J. Bowers and Benjamin D. Steiner, "Death by Default: An Empirical Demonstration of False and Forced Choices in Capital Sentencing," 77 Texas Law Review 605 (1998).
Women and the Death Penalty. Victor L. Streib's report, "Death Penalty for Female Offenders," is updated on a regular basis and can be found on the Web. See http://www.law.onu.edu/faculty/streib/femdeath.htm. The ACLU recently released the first ever national survey of women currently on death row. The report details the life and experiences of the 56 women on death row and documents the cases of the 10 women who have been put to death since 1976 in: The Forgotten Population: A Look at Death Row in the United States Through the Experiences of Women (Washington, DC: The American Civil Liberties Union, December 2004). The report is available to download on their Web site http://www.aclu.org.
"Three Strikes and You're Out." See John Clark, James Austin, and Alan Henry, "Three Strikes and You're Out: A Review of State Legislation," National Institute of Justice Research in Brief, September 1997. Tomislav V. Kovandzic, John J. Sloan, and Lynne M. Vieraitis, "'Striking out' as crime reduction policy: The impact of 'three strikes' laws on crime rates in U.S. cities," Justice Quarterly 21,2 (2004): 207-239; John L. Worrall, "The effect of three-strikes legislation on serious crime in California," Journal of Criminal Justice 32,4 (2004): 283-296; Jonathan P. Caulkins, "How large should the strike zone be in 'three strikes and you're out' sentencing laws?" Journal of Quantitative Criminology 17,3 (2001): 227-246; and Franklin E. Zimring, Gordon Hawkins, and Sam Kamin, Punishment and Democracy. Three Strikes and You're Out in California (New York: Oxford University Press, 2001).
Attitudes About the Death Penalty. Detailed findings of a recent survey among college students can be found in: Brian K. Payne and Victoria Coogle, "Examining Attitudes About the Death Penalty," Corrections Compendium (April 1998). This publication can be obtained through the American Correctional Association. Internet http://www.aca.org/publications/ccjournal.asp. Stacey L. Mallicoat and Michael L. Radelet, "The growing significance of public opinion for death penalty jurisprudence," Journal of Crime & Justice 27,1 (2004): 119-130; Scott Vollum, Dennis R. Longmire, and Jacqueline Buffington-Vollum, "Confidence in the death penalty and supporting its use: Exploring the value-expressive dimension of death penalty attitudes," Justice Quarterly 21,3 (2004): 521-545; and Eric Lambert and Alan Clarke, "Crime, capital punishment, and knowledge: Are criminal justice majors better informed than other majors about crime and capital punishment?" Social Science Journal 41,1(2004): 53-66.
Minorities and the Death Penalty. The Death Penalty Information Center has prepared an excellent report entitled "The Death Penalty in Black & White: Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Decides," by Richard C. Dieter, June 1998. Contact the Center's Web site for a copy. Internet http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org. Robert L. Young, "Guilty until proven innocent: Conviction orientation, racial attitudes, and support for capital punishment." Deviant Behavior 25, 2 (2004): 151-167; Marian R. Williams and Jefferson E. Holcomb, "Racial disparity and death sentences in Ohio," Journal of Criminal Justice 29, 3 (2001): 207-218; and M. R. Williams and J. E. Holcomb, "The interactive effects of victim race and gender on death sentence disparity findings," Homicide Studies 8,4 (2004): 350-376.
Wrongful Convictions. There were a number of excellent papers published on this topic in the Criminal Law Bulletin (March/April, 2005), including: James E. Robertson, "Symposium: No Longer 'An Unreal Dream': Wrongful Convictions After the DNA Revolution," 109-112; Joy Hadwiger and John R. Cross, "Wrongful Conviction: Evidence from Oklahoma's DNA Exonerations," 113-126; Kathryn M. Campbell, "Policy Responses to Wrongful Conviction in Canada: The Role of Conviction Review, Public Inquiries, and Compensation," 145-168; and Marvin Zalman, "Cautionary Notes on Commission Recommendations: A Public Policy Approach to Wrongful Convictions," 169-194.
