The Effects of Prisoners

Executed Under Civil Authority

By: Jessica Waldron

Sowk300, 01
Spring 10
 Variables & Values
Variables Name Values
Dependent Number 4,958--14
Variable Executed
Independent Time period 1930-2007
Variable

Control Variable Sex and Race Black, White,

Male and
Female
 Hypotheses and Rationale
Bivariate
• The amount of prisoners executed under civil
authority is determined most was greatly
affected by the time period. As time goes on the
number of executions decreased. In this way,
4,958 white males was executed in 1930 to
1939 compared to 42 in 2007.

Number Executed Year

 Findings: Bivariate Table
Number of Executions By Year Progression

Years Total

1930-1939                         1,667
1940-1949                         1,284
1950-1959                            717
1960-1969                            191
 Hypothesis and Rationale
Multivariate
• The number of people executed is affected greatly
by race and sex. In this way, a larger number of
black males where executed than their white and
female counterparts as the years progressed.

Year

Number of Executions Race and sex

 Findings: Multivariate Table
Number of Execution Sex and Race By Nature of Crime

Years Total Male Female White Black

1930-1939 1,667 1,656 11 827 816

1940-1949 1,284 1,272 12 490 781
1950-1959 717 709 8 336 376
1960-1969 191 190 1 98 93
 Findings: Bivariate Table
Relationship between number of Executions
and Year Progression
# of Executions by Year

As the years increase the In the 1930s there was 1667

number of executions begin to executions compared to that
decrease. of 1960 where there was only
191 executions.
 Multivariate Graph & Discussion
• Relationship between Year Progression, Sex and
Race
• #of Execution by Year Sex and Race

Black males suffered a In the 1930s black there were

higher execution rate than 827 black males that was
white males executed compared to the 816
males that were white.