Capital Punishment Research Guide
Scope
Capital punishment is defined as the punishment by death for a capital crime. This guide will help the user locate resources that deal with the subject of capital punishment.
Overview
The following resources will provide the user with general background information on this topic.
Encyclopedia Britannica
WB Reference Collection
Refer to “The death penalty” pp 812-14.
Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States
WB Reference Collection: KF 8742 .A35 093 1992 Refer to “Capital Punishment” and “Race Discrimination and the Death Penalty” pp 125-6 and pp 705-7.
Books and Videos
Use the Moraine Park Catalog to find books, e-books, and videos on this subject.
Sample keyword searches:
death penalty
capital punishment
Periodical Articles
Use the following databases to find articles on this topic.
Sample searches for the following databases:
death penalty
capital punishment
execution
Ebsco
Contains articles from over 5000 magazines and journals covering a wide variety of topics.
ProQuest
Contains over 40 local, state and national newspapers.
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
Contains viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites,
and full-text magazine and newspaper articles.
Facts.com
The “Issues and Controversies” section contains much useful information on this topic.
NewsBank
This database includes news from the United States and around the globe.
Internet Sites
Death Penalty
This site is produced by the American Civil Liberties Union and has news stories and legislative updates concerning the death penalty.
The Death Penalty: Morally Defensible?
A text web site discussing the contradictions in anti-death penalty argument. Makes some very good points.
Death Penalty Information Center
This website has many facts and figures on the death penalty. The site also offers educational curriculum, along with information topics, such as a page in Spanish. Issues concerning racial issues, innocence and botched executions. Also special topics, such as women, juveniles, and mental retardation.
Death Penalty Information and Resources
This site offers lots of statistics. Also offers papers, court decisions and state-by-state execution schedule. Also has many other links to useful sites, articles and stories.
Death Penalty Links
This site is produced by the Prosecuting Attorney of Clark County Indiana and contains over 1000 links to pages dealing with all aspects of the death penalty.
MurderVictims.com
Contains murder statistics, unsolved homicides, a few discussion boards, parole protest help, and victim impact statements along with many more topics covered.
ProDeathPenalty.com
This web site has many topics to choose from. It has information on the cases for each scheduled execution, a collection of pro-death penalty and anti-death penalty links, debate issues, and current news articles.
