/**************************************************************************** * Donohue and Wolfers (2006) * Figure 1 * Homicides and Execution in the United States ****************************************************************************/ clear cd"..." use "Homicides and execution - US time series.dta", clear gen ehrlich=-.5 if year>=1933 & year<=1969 gen taylor=-1.5 if year>=1935 & year<=1962 gen shepherd=-2.5 if year>=1960 & year<=2000 #delimit; twoway (line homicide_vs_eckberg year, sort lcolor(navy) lpattern(solid)) (line homicide_fbi year, sort lcolor(blue) lpattern(solid) lwidth(thin)) (line ehrlich year, lcolor(black) lwidth(vvthin)) (line taylor year, lcolor(black) lwidth(vvthin)) (line shepherd year, lcolor(black) lwidth(vvthin)) (line executions year, yaxis(2) lcolor(cranberry) lpattern(dash)), ylabel(-2.5 " " 0(2.5)12.5, angle(horizontal)) ylabel(-.05 " " 0(.05).25, angle(horizontal) axis(2)) xtitle("") ytitle("Homicides per 100,000 residents") ytitle("Executions per Homicide", axis(2)) title(Homicide and Execution in the United States) legend(rows(3) ring(0) pos(12) order(6 "Execution rate (right axis)" 1 "Homicide rate: Vital Statistics, corrected" 2 "Homicide rate: FBI") size(small)) legend(region(lcolor(none) fcolor(none))) text(-0.25 1951 "Ehrlich's sample", size(small)) text(-1.20 1947.5 "Passell & Taylor's sample", size(small)) text(-2.25 1980 "Dezhbakhsh & Shepherd's sample", size(small)) xsize(10) ysize(7.5) ;