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An updated edition of the classic study of capital punishment originally published 50 years ago, with a new introduction by Barry Jones.The Penalty Is Death was first published in …

This book explores the idea of the prison boundary, identifying where it is located, which processes and performances help construct and animate it, and who takes part in them. …

As most jurisdictions move away from the death penalty, some remain strongly committed to it, while others hold on to it but use it sparingly. This volume seeks to understand why, …

In his first book since the Pulitzer Prize - winning ""Polio: An American Story"", renowned historian David Oshinsky takes a new and closer look at the Supreme Court's …

Final Judgments: The Death Penalty in American Law and Culture explores the significance and meaning of finality in capital cases. Questions addressed in this book include: how are …

Ravisuttava teos kohtaamisista kuolemaantuomittujen kanssa saa muistamaan elämän arvon.Vankilapastori Jim Brazzil tietää, mitä kuoleman lähestyessä ajatellaan: hän on viettänyt 276 …

Is the Death Penalty Dying? provides a careful analysis of the historical and political conditions that shaped death penalty practice on both sides of the Atlantic from the end of …

Unique among Western democracies in refusing to eradicate the death penalty, the United States has attempted instead to reform and rationalize state death penalty practices through …

Comparative Capital Punishment offers a set of in-depth, critical and comparative contributions addressing death practices around the world. Despite the dramatic decline of the …

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