Comparative Death Penalty Databasedoi:10.7910/DVN/LI3WYKHarvard Dataverse2024-06-051Anckar, Carsten; Denk, Thomas, 2024, "Comparative Death Penalty Database", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/LI3WYK, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:vkZBplyttqLrqu1yxoI9YA== [fileUNF]Comparative Death Penalty Databasedoi:10.7910/DVN/LI3WYKAnckar, CarstenDenk, ThomasHarvard DataverseAnckar, CarstenAnckar, Carsten2024-05-20Social SciencesWe provide a yearly categorization of death penalty status as well as changes of the status in the world. The database covers the period 1800-2022 for all currently independent countries in the world.<a href="http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0">CC0 1.0</a>Anckar, Carsten & Denk, Thomas. 2024. Introducing Comparative Death Penalty Database. European Political Science, DOI: 10.1057/s41304-024-00491-8Anckar, Carsten & Denk, Thomas. 2024. Introducing Comparative Death Penalty Database. European Political Science, DOI: 10.1057/s41304-024-00491-8CDPD version 1 June 2024.tab1920412text/tab-separated-valuesUNF:6:vkZBplyttqLrqu1yxoI9YA==Country nameUNF:6:LYANpGIuqAb3FE3Zs/vthg==Year1969.01800.02022.0.1950.76109143928370.019204.057.66996095524801UNF:6:NZZ4dQLe0RBkfYEqlc5TkQ==Country Code COW371.0.0.0990.0412.695271818373272.0262.34022672807519204.0UNF:6:kXfoTzKxXQmQWCNuLYuOTw==Country year observation.0.019204.04128903.4792751779902022.03711997.52623413.588434051321800.0UNF:6:tRbX3DJZ7eiq1lIJ2LhtnQ==Country code COW (VDEM)19204.0412.69844823995237990.02.00.0371.0.262.33242565981374UNF:6:0E4Eegwf968oevbaeEIAlQ==Country year observation (VDEM)19204.04128935.243490848.21800.00.03711997.59902022.02623335.5751198106UNF:6:BppLqYtQUy+r6a3LkpJadA==Death penalty status19204.01.63338273864362020.0.4.00.04.02.84716725682148832Abolished for ordinary crimes only, but used during the last 10 years1580Abolished38603Abolished in practice23931Abolished for ordinary crimes only13304Retained11463UNF:6:x+Ay6yZhS3wp8MoDALC4Pg==Death penalty status lag10.0.4.0214.04.01.6255073631562412.86176935229066518990.02Abolished for ordinary crimes only, but used during the last 10 years1573Abolished in practice23614Retained114060Abolished37421Abolished for ordinary crimes only1324UNF:6:1CucegiwoMgrMuK4xdZGlA==Year of status change (flag)0.137464879423456140.01.00.0.19204.00.00.019266819412623131Yes3700No18834UNF:6:otEqjHC9ClHlEhM5UWDFbg==Direction of status change-1.00.00.0.19204.0-0.0104144969797960541.00.138417323122955881Less restricted use of death penalty85-1More restricted use of death penalty2850No change18834UNF:6:l+Kzi1lh3WOMW5w5fcJh6Q==Break in time series0.0.0.04.165798791918461E-40.019204.00.0204065681788522281.00No break191961Break8UNF:6:CLnjDyfAZNP70nlWW5BGiw==Database version.1.01.01.00.00.01.019204.0UNF:6:XdM3SzyTnadY0q6FVl9wLA==CDPD version 1 June 2024.xlsxapplication/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheetCodebok CDPD v1 (4).docxapplication/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document