Death Work
Study of the Modern Execution Process
2nd Edition
Published on 21. July 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
250 pages
978-0-534-52155-4 (ISBN)
Description
This examination of the consequences of the death penalty in the United States includes studies of the prisoners who spend years on Death Row, the prison staff who guard the condemned, and the men who act as executioners. Using both ethnographic and quantitative research, the author sets out to create a dramatic presentation of all sides of a controversial matter.
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Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Belmont, CA
United States
Publishing group
Cengage Learning, Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 165 mm
Weight
386 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-534-52155-4 (9780534521554)
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Schweitzer Classification
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Previous edition
Book
01/1990
Brooks/Cole
€57.13
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Content
Part 1 Executions past and present: executions past; from antiquity to the 20th century; executions present - the 20th-century American experience. Part 2 Waiting to die - a study of modern Death Rows; Death Row - conditions of confinement; living and working on Death Row. Part 3 In cold blood - a study of modern executions; death work - a modern execution team; deathwatch - the final hours; an execution and its aftermath. Part 4 Moral considerations: a modern instance of torture; punishing murderers - choosing life over death.