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1 online resource (417 pages) |
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Criminology and Justice Studies |
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Criminology and justice studies.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; I The Death Penalty's Justifications: Pro and Con; 1. Retribution (Just Deserts); The Death Penalty as Retributive Justice: A Case in Point?; Retribution and Capital Punishment; Retributive Justice and the Principle of Proportionality; Is Capital Punishment Retributive Justice?; Objections to a Retributive Justification for the Death Penalty; The Worst of the Worst; Conclusion; 2. Deterrence; Introduction; Deterrence and the Death Penalty: Law, Assumptions, and Logic; The Constitutional Perspective |
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The Logic (or Illogic) of Capital Punishment as a General DeterrentMight the Death Penalty Have a Brutalizing Effect?; The Death Penalty, Deterrence, and Brutalization: What Does the Research Evidence Suggest?; A Note on the Burden of Persuasion and Related Policy Issues; Conclusion; 3. Incapacitation, Cost, and Consideration for Victims; Introduction; Incapacitation; Cost; Murder Victims and Their Survivors; Conclusion; II Deciding Who Dies: Law and Practice; 4. Capital Punishment for Murder: Sentencing Criteria and Procedures; Introduction |
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Capital Sentencing Decisions: From Early Statehood to Furman v. GeorgiaThe 1976 Decisions and the Dawning of the Modern Era of Capital Punishment; Beyond the 1976 Decisions: Doctrinal Refinements and Tensions; Nonarbitrariness and Individualization: Considering Mitigation Evidence; Aggravating Factors: Form and Function; Conclusion; 5. Proportionality: Offenses and Offenders; Introduction; Crimes Punishable by Death; Capital Punishment for Rape; The Death Penalty for (the "Non-Trigger Person" in) Felony Murder; Offenders Punishable by Death; Juveniles |
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Intellectually Disabled (Mentally Retarded) OffendersA Note About Severely Mentally Ill Offenders; Conclusion; 6. The New Death-Penalty Laws in Application: Race Discrimination and Arbitrariness; Introduction; Race Discrimination; Arbitrariness: Gender and Geography; Gender Disparities; Geographic Disparities; Conclusion; 7. Defense Attorneys and Capital Jurors; Introduction; Capital Defense Attorneys; The Capital Jury; Conclusion; IIIPost-Conviction; 8 Capital Errors: Procedural Issues and Actual Innocence; Introduction; Procedural Error; Innocence; Conclusion |
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9. The Final Stages: Death Row, Clemency, and ExecutionIntroduction; Life Under Sentence of Death; Death Row Confinement; Competency for Execution; Executive Clemency; Execution; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
The death penalty has inspired controversy for centuries. Raising questions regarding capital punishment rather than answering them, Questioning Capital Punishment offers the footing needed to allow for more informed consideration and analysis of these controversies. Acker edits judicial decisions that have addressed constitutional challenges to capital punishment and its administration in the United States and uses complementary materials to offer historical, empirical, and normative perspectives about death penalty policies and practices. This book is ideal for upper-level undergra |
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Print version record |
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Capital punishment -- United States
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology.
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Capital punishment
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317689324 |
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1317689321 |
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