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Executions in the United States, 1608-1991 : the Espy file
The Espy file provides data on executions performed in the United States under civil authority. Describes each individual executed and the circumstances surrounding the crime for which the person was convicted. Variables include: age, race, name, sex, occupation of the offender, place, jurisdiction, and date and method of execution. The file is available with certain restrictions from the ICPSR.
- "Executions in the U.S. 1608 - 1991"
- "Espy file"@en
- "This dataset represents the most complete list of executions in the United States compiled to date. It contains one alphabetic variable, NAME OF OFFENDER. NOTE: The 3rd ICPSR edition has these changes: Data in the variable County of Conviction were corrected. Case numbers for offenders executed from 1988 to 1991 were also corrected, and blanks in columns 65-80 were removed from the data file. The codebook and SPSS data definition statements were revised, and SAS data definition statements were prepared."
- "Provides data on executions performed in the United States under civil authority. Describes each individual executed and the circumstances surrounding the crime for which the person was convicted. Variables include: age, race, name, sex, occupation of the offender, place, jurisdiction, and date and method of execution."
- "The Espy file provides data on executions performed in the United States under civil authority. Describes each individual executed and the circumstances surrounding the crime for which the person was convicted. Variables include: age, race, name, sex, occupation of the offender, place, jurisdiction, and date and method of execution. The file is available with certain restrictions from the ICPSR."@en
- "This collection furnishes data on executions performed under civil authority in the United States between 1608 and April 24, 1991. 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 is 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."
- "The commencement and early development of this project were the direct result of the efforts of M. Wall Espy who, for many years accumulated and recorded information about executions in the United States from his home in Headland, Alabama. Mr. Espy's data collection strategies reflect the modest resources with which he operated and the unavailability of computer facilities. It begins with the execution of Captain George Kendall, previously appointed one of the original councillors of the Jamestown colony, who was accused of mutiny, tried in front of a jury of his peers, and shot to death. This was the first execution in the American colonies. This study includes data on public executions occurring in the U.S. between 1608 and April 24, 1991. They begin with his own personal resources in May 1970, and later with the support of the University of Alabama Law Center and the National Science Foundation, Mr. Espy and Dr. Smykla have confirmed 14,634 executions performed in the U.S. under civil authority since 1608. This dataset contains 21 variables that describe each individual executed and the circumstances surrounding the crime for which the person was convicted."
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- "Statistics"
- "Executions in the United States, 1608-1991 the Espy file"
- "Executions in the United States, 1608 - 1991: the Espy File"
- "Executions in the United States, 1608-1991: the Espy file"
- "Executions in the United States, 1608-1991 : the Espy file"@en