The use of the subculture of violence as mitigation in a capital murder case |
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| Authors: | Craig J. Forsyth Ph.D. |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Southwestern Louisiana, P.O. Box 40198, Louisiana, USA |
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| Abstract: | This paper examines the role a sociologist in a capital murder case involving a defendant who was black and a victim who was a white on-duty police officer. The author of this paper testified in this specific case and has worked as a sociologist in over 60 capital murder cases. The use of the subculture of violence as mitigation is presented. |
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