Title: Missouri Death Penalty Charges by Race of Defendant and Race of Victim, 1978-1996
1Missouri Death Penalty Charges by Race of
Defendant and Race of Victim, 1978-1996
Crosstabs to Multivariate Regression
2Research Question
- What causes a capital defendant to get the death
sentence?
3Theory
- Death sentence is caused by race of defendant
- Death sentence is caused by race of victim
4Frequencies
Frequency Percent
Death Penalty 0 Not death 9281 94.3
Death Penalty 1 death 562 5.7
Race of defendant 1 white 3199 32.5
Race of defendant 2 black 6644 67.5
Race of victim 1 white 3544 36.0
Race of victim 2 black 6299 64.0
5Model
Race of Defendant
-
Race of Victim
6Correlation syntax
- corr death racedef racevic.
7Pearson r Correlation Table
Death Race of defendant Race of victim
Death 1 -.097 -.146
Race of defendant -.097 1 .810
Race of victim -.146 .810 1
8Death by Race of Defendant
9Regression syntax
- regr vars death racedef /depe death/enter.
10Regression of Death Penalty on Race of Defendant
11Death By Victim Race
12Death By Victim Race
13Death by Defendant Race by Victim Race
14Previous Crosstab SimplifedPercent Receiving
Death Penalty
Victim Victim Victim
Defendant White Black
Defendant White 8.4 4.7
Defendant Black 14.7 3.1
15Pearson r between Defendant Race and Death by
Victim Race
16Histogram syntax
- sort cases by racevic.
- split file by racevic.
- GRAPH /BAR(GROUPED)PCT BY death BY racedef .
17Histograms
White Victim
Black Victim
Race Defendant
100
100
White
Black
80
80
60
60
40
40
20
20
0
0
Not death
death
Not death
death
death
death
18Multivariate Death on Victims Race and
Defendants Race