Screen LibraryQuestioning capital punishment : law, policy, and practice /
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| Published: |
Routledge,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | 2014. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Criminology and justice studies series
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| Carrier Form: | xv, 400 pages ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-388) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780415639446 (paperback : alkaline paper) : 0415639441 (paperback : alkaline paper) 9780415639439 (hardback : alkaline paper) 0415639433 (hardback : alkaline paper) |
| Index Number: | KF9227 |
| CLC: | D971.24 |
| Call Number: | D971.24/A182 |
| Contents: | Retribution (just deserts) -- Deterrence -- Incapacitation, cost, and consideration for victims -- Capital punishment for murder : sentencing criteria and procedures -- Proportionality : offenses and offenders -- The new death-penalty laws in application : race discrimination and arbitrariness -- Defense attorneys and capital jurors -- Capital errors : procedural issues and actual innocence -- The final stages : death row, clemency, execution. |