Punishment and social organization: a study of durkheim's theory of penal evolution

Greater societal complexity and dynamic density will be negatively associated with severity of punishment (618).

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Comparison of percentages	Not Supported	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Severity Of Punishment	Dependent	Sanctions
Societal Complexity	Independent	`NONE`

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Spitzer, Steven	1975	Greater societal complexity and dynamic density will be negatively associated with severity of punishment of collective crimes (618).	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Freeman, Linton C.	1957	"In conclusion, the demonstration of uni-dimensionality among six characteristics [written language, government, education, religion, punishment, economy] is evidence that the items constitute a scale [of societal complexity]" (464)	Supported	7	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Spitzer, Steven	1975	Greater societal complexity and dynamic density will be positively associated with individual rather than collective crimes (618).	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Thornhill, Randy	1983	Degree of polygyny will be positively related to the severity of punishment for rape (160).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Stephens, William N.	1962	"[I predicted a poitive correlation between] the menstrual taboo . . . and severity of punishment for masturbation" (100)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author