The contradictions of American capital punishment /:

Why does the United States continue to employ the death penalty when fifty other developed democracies have abolished it? Why does capital punishment become more problematic each year? How can the death penalty conflict be resolved? In The Contradictions of American Capital Punishment, Frank Zimring...

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1. Verfasser: Zimring, Franklin E.
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
Schriftenreihe:Studies in crime and public policy.
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Zusammenfassung:Why does the United States continue to employ the death penalty when fifty other developed democracies have abolished it? Why does capital punishment become more problematic each year? How can the death penalty conflict be resolved? In The Contradictions of American Capital Punishment, Frank Zimring reveals that the seemingly insoluble turmoil surrounding the death penalty reflects a deep and long-standing division in American values, a division that he predicts will soon bring about the end of capital punishment in ourcountry. On the one hand, execution would seem to violate our nation'
Beschreibung:1 online resource (ix, 258 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-249) and index.
ISBN:9780198034797
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