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The Relevance of the Identification Problem to Statistical Research on Capital Punishment.
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Yunker, James A. – Crime and Delinquency, 1982
Reviews several potential problems that often invalidate statistical tests of social theories. Discusses how there may be very serious identification problems in the estimation of the relationship between executions and homicides, and that serious questions may be raised regarding the validity of any particular estimation of this relationship.…
Descriptors: Capital Punishment, Identification, Information Needs, Models