Studies of Changes in Murder Rates Before and After Abolition

question 30

True/False

Studies of changes in murder rates before and after abolition and/or reinstatement of the death penalty show that abolition and/or reintroduction of the death penalty was sometimes followed by an increase in the murder rate and sometimes not.

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