Download full text
(485.5Kb)
Citation Suggestion
Please use the following Persistent Identifier (PID) to cite this document:
https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-442995
Exports for your reference manager
The capital punishment controversy in Hungary: fragments on the issues of deterrent effect and wrongful convictions
[journal article]
Abstract
Although the death penalty has been abolished in the majority of the European countries by now (it is only applied in Belarus, while Russia can be considered a so-called de facto abolitionist state, where this sanction exists in theory, but no execution has taken place in the last fifteen years and,... view more
Although the death penalty has been abolished in the majority of the European countries by now (it is only applied in Belarus, while Russia can be considered a so-called de facto abolitionist state, where this sanction exists in theory, but no execution has taken place in the last fifteen years and, according to the current situation, will not take place anymore), the debates concerning capital punishment keep arising. In many European countries leading politicians argue or have recently argued in favour of reinstatement of the death penalty. The debate related to capital punishment keeps arising in Hungary as well, especially after brutal murders. Various politicians stated that, according to their personal opinion, the reinstatement of the death penalty would be expedient or proper, or that it should not have been abolished in the first place. The present paper deals with this contemporary discussion, with special regard to the issues of deterrent effect and wrongful convictions.... view less
Keywords
death penalty; criminology; law; Hungary
Classification
Law
Document language
English
Publication Year
2013
Page/Pages
p. 37-58
Journal
European Journal of Crime, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice, 21 (2013) 1
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1163/15718174-20190003
ISSN
1571-8174
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications