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Title: Missouri Death Penalty Charges by Race of Defendant and Race of Victim, 1978-1996


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Missouri Death Penalty Charges by Race of
Defendant and Race of Victim, 1978-1996
Crosstabs to Multivariate Regression
2
Research Question
  • What causes a capital defendant to get the death
    sentence?

3
Theory
  • Death sentence is caused by race of defendant
  • Death sentence is caused by race of victim

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Frequencies
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
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Model

Race of Defendant

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Race of Victim
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Correlation syntax
  • corr death racedef racevic.

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Pearson 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
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Death by Race of Defendant
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Regression syntax
  • regr vars death racedef /depe death/enter.

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Regression of Death Penalty on Race of Defendant
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Death By Victim Race
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Death By Victim Race
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Death by Defendant Race by Victim Race
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Previous Crosstab SimplifedPercent Receiving
Death Penalty
Victim Victim Victim
Defendant White Black
Defendant White 8.4 4.7
Defendant Black 14.7 3.1
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Pearson r between Defendant Race and Death by
Victim Race
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Histogram syntax
  • sort cases by racevic.
  • split file by racevic.
  • GRAPH /BAR(GROUPED)PCT BY death BY racedef .

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Histograms
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
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Multivariate Death on Victims Race and
Defendants Race
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