American roulette : the social logic of death penalty sentencing trials /

"As the death penalty clings stubbornly to life in many states and dies off in others, this first-of-its kind ethnography of capital trials offers a fresh analysis of the inner workings of American death penalty. Sarah Beth Kaufman draws on years of ethnographic and documentary research, includ...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kaufman, Sarah Beth (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Capital punishment > United States.
Sentences (Criminal procedure) > United States.
Criminal justice, Administration of > Social aspects > United States.
Peine de mort > États-Unis.
Sentences (Procédure pénale) > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology.
Capital punishment.
Criminal justice, Administration of > Social aspects.
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
United States.
aggravating circumstances.
american justice.
capital defendants.
capital jurors.
capital punishment.
capital sentencing.
capital trials.
court cases.
courtrooms.
criminal justice.
criminal punishment.
criminal.
criminology.
death penalty.
death row.
ethics.
ethnography.
homicide.
jurors.
justice system.
justice.
legal system.
mercy.
morality.
mourning.
politics.
poverty.
psychological experts.
race.
racism.
sentencing.
social science.
supreme court.
trials.
victim impact statement.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The boundaries of death
  • State and local narrowing
  • The field of capital sentencing
  • Performing punitive citizenship
  • Performing mercy
  • Performing danger
  • Mourners in the court
  • Conclusion
  • Methodological appendix
  • Court cases cited.

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