The Top Ten Death Penalty Myths : The Politics of Crime Control
Rudolph J. Gerber
Bok Engelsk 2007 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | Westport : : Greenwood Publishing Group, , 2007.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (256 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 Death Penalty History and the Myth of Community Bonding; Chapter 2 The Myth of the Rule of Law in Capital Cases; Chapter 3 The Myth of Equal Justice; Chapter 4 The Myth of Deterrence; Chapter 5 The Myth of Fidelity to the Constitution; Chapter 6 The Myth of Humane Execution; Chapter 7 The Myth of Closure; Chapter 8 The Myth of Retribution; Chapter 9 The Myth of Effective Crime Control; Chapter 10 The Myth of the Dedicated Public Servant; Conclusion; Selected Bibliography; Index. - Systematically dismantles proponents' arguments, one by one, demonstrating why the death penalty is wrong and why capital punishment does not work.
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| ISBN | 9780275997809
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