Details

Subject(s)

• Capital punishment—United States [Browse]
• Criminal justice, Administration of—United States [Browse]
• Executions and executioners—United States [Browse]

Related name

• Smykla, John Ortiz [Browse]
• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [Browse]

Series

• ICPSR (Series) ; 8451 [More in this series]
• ICPSR ; 8451.

Restrictions note

Use of these data is restricted to Princeton University students, faculty, and staff for non-commercial statistical analysis and research purposes only.

Summary note

This collection furnishes data on executions performed under civil authority in the United States between 1608 and 2002. The dataset describes each individual executed and the circumstances surrounding the crime for which the person was convicted. Variables include age, race, name, sex, and occupation of the offender, place, jurisdiction, date, and method of execution, and the crime for which the offender was executed. Also recorded are data on whether the only evidence for the execution was official records indicating that an individual (executioner or slave owner) was compensated for an execution.

Notes

• Codebook available in print and electronic format.
• Title from title screen (viewed on January 3, 2008).

Type of data

Extent of collection: 1 data file + machine-readable documentation (PDF) + SAS setup file(s) + SPSS setup file(s) + Stata setup file(s) + SAS transport + SPSS portable + Stata system.

Time and place of event

• Date(s) of collection: 1970-2002.
• Time period: 1608-2002.

Geographic coverage

Geographic coverage: United States.

Funding information

• Funding agency: National Science Foundation.
• Grant number: SES 84-09725.

System details

• Mode of access: World Wide Web.
• Data format: Logical Record Length with SAS, SPSS, and Stata setup files, SAS transport file, and SPSS portable file.

Methodology note

• Data source: state Department of Corrections records, newspapers, county histories, proceedings of state and local courts, holdings of historical societies, and other listings of executions.
• Universe: executions that occurred under civil authority in the United States or within territory that later became the United States.

Cite as

Espy, M. Watt, and John Ortiz Smykla. EXECUTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES, 1608-2002: THE ESPY FILE [Computer file]. 4th ICPSR ed. Compiled by M. Watt Espy and John Ortiz Smykla, University of Alabama. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producer and distributor], 2004.

OCLC

1340508680

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