Routledge Handbook on Capital Punishment

ISBN-13: 9780367199371 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 686 str.

Robert M. Bohm; Gavin Lee

Opis

Capital punishment is one of the more controversial subjects in the social sciences. The current trend suggests the eventual demise of capital punishment in all but a few states and countries; a fresh look at capital punishment in the U.S. and worldwide is warranted. This handbook examines capital punishment from a variety of perspectives. An introductory chapter from experts Bohm and Lee presents a contextual framework, and chapters present state-of-the art analyses of a range of aspects of capital punishment. This is a key collection for students taking courses in prisons, criminal justice, criminology, and related subjects, as well as for academics and practitioners in related fields.

Recenzje

The broad range of important themes and topics covered, all in one text, will be a valuable resource for students, researchers, and professionals. The editors have done excellent work in identifying a fairly wide readership and outlining a text that will appeal to that readership…In addition to the book being well-structured and including a range of important themes and issues around capital punishment, the chapters are authored by well-respected scholars. The collection of authors is impressive, and the book is sure to reflect current research and scholarship. – DJ Williams, Idaho State University

The contents of this compendium demonstrate that the "withering away" of the death penalty is a real phenomenon related to, among other things, racial bias, high costs, super-regulation, the failure of juror decision-making, and wrongful conviction errors. The volume also focuses on the hopeful Marshall hypothesis that an educated public is more likely to accept the death penalty's failures.  – Leona D. Jochnowitz, in Criminal Law Bulletin, Vol. 55, No. 5 (2019)