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The contradictions of American capital punishment /
Why does the United States continue to employ the death penalty when fifty other developed democracies have abolished it? Why does capital punishment become more problematic each year? How can the death penalty conflict be resolved? In The Contradictions of American Capital Punishment, Frank Zimring...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2003.
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| Colección: | Studies in crime and public policy.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Why does the United States continue to employ the death penalty when fifty other developed democracies have abolished it? Why does capital punishment become more problematic each year? How can the death penalty conflict be resolved? In The Contradictions of American Capital Punishment, Frank Zimring reveals that the seemingly insoluble turmoil surrounding the death penalty reflects a deep and long-standing division in American values, a division that he predicts will soon bring about the end of capital punishment in ourcountry. On the one hand, execution would seem to violate our nation' |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 258 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-249) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780195178203 0195178203 9780195152364 0195152360 9780195166378 019516637X 9780198034797 0198034792 1602565430 9781602565432 1280428406 9781280428401 0195184866 9780195184860 9786610428403 6610428409 0190292377 9780190292379 |