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Old enough to kill ; too young to die?

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Date Issued:
2009
Summary:
In 2005, the United States Supreme Court found the execution of juvenile offenders to be unconstitutional, based in part on a "national consensus" against the death penalty for juveniles. The purpose of this project was to demonstrate the flaws in existing methods of measuring public opinion and to determine the correlation between the age of an offender and the sentencing recommendation received. It was the hypothesis of my project that there would not be a statistically significant correlation between the offender's age and sentencing recommendation. To test this hypothesis, I asked 156 Florida Atlantic University students. This method of analysis was considered the best way to accurately determine public sentiment towards the juvenile death penalty, after a thorough review of existing methods revealed significant flaws. My results suggest that there is no correlation between the age of an offender and sentencing recommendations.
Title: Old enough to kill ; too young to die?: evaluating public opinion of the juvenile death penalty.
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Name(s): Chase, Kristen.
Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Thesis
Issuance: multipart monograph
Date Issued: 2009
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Physical Form: electronic
electronic resource
Extent: iv, 42 leaves : ill. ; 29 cm.
Language(s): English
Summary: In 2005, the United States Supreme Court found the execution of juvenile offenders to be unconstitutional, based in part on a "national consensus" against the death penalty for juveniles. The purpose of this project was to demonstrate the flaws in existing methods of measuring public opinion and to determine the correlation between the age of an offender and the sentencing recommendation received. It was the hypothesis of my project that there would not be a statistically significant correlation between the offender's age and sentencing recommendation. To test this hypothesis, I asked 156 Florida Atlantic University students. This method of analysis was considered the best way to accurately determine public sentiment towards the juvenile death penalty, after a thorough review of existing methods revealed significant flaws. My results suggest that there is no correlation between the age of an offender and sentencing recommendations.
Identifier: 460160794 (oclc), 209986 (digitool), FADT209986 (IID), fau:1360 (fedora)
Note(s): by Kristen Chase.
Thesis (B.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, Honors College, 2009.
Bibliography: leaves 40-42.
Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, Fla., 2009. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subject(s): Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States
Juvenile justice, Administration of -- United States
Capital punishment -- United States
Punishment (Philosophy)
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Held by: FBoU FAUER
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/209986
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