Public Sociology on Death Penalty

By Biko Agozino

You may be interested in reading the press release from New York University about a paper that David Greenberg (NYU) and Biko Agozino (Virginia Tech) published in the British Journal of Criminology. The fun lies in scrolling to the bottom to read the online comments of the readers and feel free to leave your own comments:

Here, Amnesty International twitted the Press Release while some readers disagree with the analysis:

http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/586082/?sc=rsln

The link below shows an award-winning Sky News crime journalist playing word games with the Press Release:

 http://blogs.news.sky.com/lifeofcrime/Post:0c58a977-13a6-4bd3-93bb-d31b43735f7b

The New Pharaohs (the people of Trinidad and Tobago) appear to have their hearts hardened by the Almighty Law:

 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/2012-02-25/us-university-professors-death-penalty-won%E2%80%99t-stop-murders-tt

Here, the opinions of a supporter of the death penalty attracted opposing views:

 http://www.futurity.org/society-culture/death-penalty-may-not-impact-murder-rate/

This one is yet to attract comments:

http://www.healthcanal.com/mental-health-behavior/26929-Link-Between-the-Death-Penalty-and-Capital-Crimes-Sociologists-Find-Study-Trinidad-and-Tobago.html

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