A Recent Survey of 67 Current and Past Presidents of the Top

question 19

True/False

A recent survey of 67 current and past presidents of the top three criminology professional organizations-the American Society of Criminology, the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, and the Law and Society Association-found that about 80 percent of them believe that the death penalty is a more effective deterrent to homicide than is long imprisonment.

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