NAME: DPIExecutionDoc.txt TYPE: Population SIZE: 1,378 observations, 13 variables DESCRIPTIVE ABSTRACT: Information on 1,378 executions of death row inmates that took place in the United States from January 17, 1977 through April 23, 2014. SOURCE: http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/views-executions VARIABLE DESCRIPTIONS: Date: Date of the execution Name: Name of the inmate executed Age: Age of the inmate at the time of the execution Sex: Gender of the inmate (m: Male, f: Female) Race: Ethnicity of the executed inmate (Asian, Black, Latino, Native American, Other, White) Number/Race/Sex of Victims: Number of victims of inmate; Ethnicity of victims; Gender of victims State: State in which the execution took place Region: Region in which the crime occurred (M: Midwest, N: Northeast, S: South, W: West) Method: Type of execution performed Juvenile: Indicates whether or not the inmate was a juvenile at the time of the crime Federal: Indicates whether it was a Federal execution Volunteer: Indicates those who waived at least part of their appeals at the time of their execution Foreign National: Indicates if an inmate is a citizen of any country other than the United States NOTE: Last row of dataset has missing information and is not useable. Thus, that is why we state there are 1,378 observations.