
Geometrical Justice
The Death Penalty in America
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 17. June 2022
Book
Hardback
156 pages
978-1-032-00990-2 (ISBN)
Description
Legal decisions continue to mystify: why was this person sentenced to 20 years in prison, but that person to just 10 years for the same crime? Why did one person sue for civil damages, but another let the matter drop? Legal rules are supposed to answer these questions, but their answers are radically incomplete. Wouldn't it be wonderful to have a theory that predicted and explained legal decisions?
Drawing on Donald Black's theoretical ideas, Geometrical Justice: The Death Penalty in America addresses these issues, focusing specifi cally on who is sentenced to death and executed in the United States. The book explains why some murders are more serious than others and how the social characteristics of defendants, victims, and jurors aff ect case outcomes. Building on the most rigorous data in the field, the authors reveal wide discrepancies in capital punishment - why one person lives, but another person dies.
Geometrical Justice will be of interest to those engaged in criminal justice, criminology, and socio- legal studies, as well as students taking courses on sentencing, corrections, and capital punishment.
Drawing on Donald Black's theoretical ideas, Geometrical Justice: The Death Penalty in America addresses these issues, focusing specifi cally on who is sentenced to death and executed in the United States. The book explains why some murders are more serious than others and how the social characteristics of defendants, victims, and jurors aff ect case outcomes. Building on the most rigorous data in the field, the authors reveal wide discrepancies in capital punishment - why one person lives, but another person dies.
Geometrical Justice will be of interest to those engaged in criminal justice, criminology, and socio- legal studies, as well as students taking courses on sentencing, corrections, and capital punishment.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Postgraduate and Undergraduate
Illustrations
21 s/w Abbildungen, 21 s/w Zeichnungen, 26 s/w Tabellen
26 Tables, black and white; 21 Line drawings, black and white; 21 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
412 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-032-00990-2 (9781032009902)
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Persons
Scott Phillips is a professor in the department of sociology and criminology, University of Denver, USA.
Mark Cooney is a professor of sociology at the University of Georgia, USA.
Mark Cooney is a professor of sociology at the University of Georgia, USA.
Content
Prologue Chapter 1: The Geometrical Theory of Law Chapter 2: Social Space Chapter 3: Social Time Chapter 4: Space and Time: Third Parties Chapter 5: The Death Penalty and Beyond