Challenging Capital Punishment
Legal and Social Science Approaches
1st Edition
Published on 24. October 1988
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-0-8039-2910-4 (ISBN)
Description
In Challenging Capital Punishment, Haas and Inciardi reveal the persistence of myth and misinformation in the death penalty debate. They suggest that the debate needs to be based on scholarly analysis and scientific scrutiny. They therefore bring together social scientists and legal scholars who assess the validity of objections to the death penalty.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Weight
250 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8039-2910-4 (9780803929104)
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Content
Lingering Doubts About a Popular Punishment - K C Haas and J A Inciardi
The Justice of the Death Penalty in an Unjust World - J Reiman
The Effect of Executions is Brutalization, Not Deterrence - W J Bowers
Fallibility and Finality - M L Radelet and H A Bedau
Type II Errors and Capital Punishment
Racial Considerations in Capital Punishment - R Paternoster and A Kazyaka
The Failure of Evenhanded Justice
Death By Jury - V P Hans
Unpleasant Facts - P C Ellsworth
The Supreme Court's Response to Empirical Research on Capital Punishment
A Case Study of the Misuse of Social Science in Capital Punishment Cases - D D Dorin
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court's Finding of Racial Discrimination in Watson (1980)
Imposing the Death Penalty on Children - V L Streib
Death Row - Hope for the Future - J L Carroll
The Justice of the Death Penalty in an Unjust World - J Reiman
The Effect of Executions is Brutalization, Not Deterrence - W J Bowers
Fallibility and Finality - M L Radelet and H A Bedau
Type II Errors and Capital Punishment
Racial Considerations in Capital Punishment - R Paternoster and A Kazyaka
The Failure of Evenhanded Justice
Death By Jury - V P Hans
Unpleasant Facts - P C Ellsworth
The Supreme Court's Response to Empirical Research on Capital Punishment
A Case Study of the Misuse of Social Science in Capital Punishment Cases - D D Dorin
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court's Finding of Racial Discrimination in Watson (1980)
Imposing the Death Penalty on Children - V L Streib
Death Row - Hope for the Future - J L Carroll