Race and the Death Penalty

A dataset recreated from summary data that describes relationships between race of defendant, race of victim, and outcome of trial in a number of capital cases in Florida in 1976-1977.

Format

A data frame with 326 observations on the following 3 variables.

defrace

Race of the defendant in the capital case

vicrace

Race of the victim

death

Whether or not the defendant in the case received the death penalty

Source

Michael J. Radelet: "Racial Characteristics and the Imposition of the Death Penalty", American Sociological Review, 46 (1981).