@article{ref1,
title="Racial dynamics underlying crime commission, emotionality, and last statements among executed offenders in Texas",
journal="Journal of ethnicity in criminal justice",
year="2020",
author="McCaffree, Kevin and Saide, Anondah and Shermer, Michael",
volume="18",
number="1",
pages="72-94",
abstract="We consider here whether African-Americans executed on death row in Texas are consequently (a) more likely to have committed economically-motivated secondary crimes during the commission of homicide/attempted homicide, and whether these inmates were (b) less likely to express being sorry in their final statements before execution. Our study revealed support for the following hypothesized patterns: Caucasian offenders used a greater number of sorry-related words in their last statements, on average, compared with African-American offenders. In addition, homicides/attempted homicides committed by African-Americans were significantly more likely to have included a secondary economically-motivated crime (e.g., robbery). Subsequent analyses revealed that offender race significantly mediated the effects of economic secondary crime commission and &quot;emotional intensity&quot; on expressed sorrow in final statements.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1537-7938",
doi="10.1080/15377938.2019.1693466",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15377938.2019.1693466"
}