The Death Penalty: America's Experience with Capital

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The Death Penalty: America's Experience with Capital Punishment
- Paperback: 362 pages
- Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; 1 edition (2008)
- Language: English
- ISBN-13: 978-0195332421
- Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.4 inches ,Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
This book addresses one of the most controversial issues in the criminal justice system today--the death penalty. Paternoster et al. present a balanced perspective that focuses on both the arguments for and against capital punishment. Coverage draws on legal, historical, philosophical, economic, sociological, and religious points of view.

Topics include:

* The history of the death penalty in the United States, from the 1600s to today
* The changing nature of the death penalty--changes in the types of crimes that warranted the penalty, the procedures employed to put capital offenders on trial, and the methods used to impose death
* Constitutional/legal issues surrounding the death penalty
* The influence of race on the administration of the death penalty, both in the past and in the present
* Justifications for and against the death penalty (retribution, cost, public safety, and religious arguments)
* Questions about the execution of innocents, exonerated capital offenders, and flaws in the operation of the death penalty
* Public opinion and the death penalty
* The death penalty and international law and practice
* The future of the death penalty in America
Country USA
Brand Oxford University Press
Manufacturer Oxford University Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber black & white tables, maps
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780195332421
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Oxford University Press
Manufacturer	Oxford University Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	black & white tables, maps
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780195332421
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

The Death Penalty: America's Experience with Capital Punishment

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