On Capital Punishment, and the extreme danger of relaxing or modifying the law in cases of murder, or death by violence, etc
Title | On Capital Punishment, and the extreme danger of relaxing or modifying the law in cases of murder, or death by violence, etc PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Jermyn COOPER |
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Pages | 34 |
Release | 1867 |
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On Capital Punishment
Title | On Capital Punishment PDF eBook |
Author | R. Jermyn Cooper |
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Pages | 0 |
Release | 1867 |
Genre | Capital punishment |
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On Capital Punishment, and the Extreme Danger of Relaxing Or Modifying the Law in Cases of Murder, Or Death by Violence
Title | On Capital Punishment, and the Extreme Danger of Relaxing Or Modifying the Law in Cases of Murder, Or Death by Violence PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Jermyn Cooper |
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Release | 1867 |
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Murder, Capital Punishment, and the Law
Title | Murder, Capital Punishment, and the Law PDF eBook |
Author | John Stolz |
Publisher | |
Pages | 448 |
Release | 1873 |
Genre | Capital punishment |
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A Comparative Analysis of Capital Punishment
Title | A Comparative Analysis of Capital Punishment PDF eBook |
Author | Rita James Simon |
Publisher | Lexington Books |
Pages | 130 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 9780739120910 |
A Comparative Analysis of Capital Punishment provides a concise and detailed history of the death penalty. Incorporating and synthesizing public opinion data and empirical studies, Simon and Blaskovich's work compares, across societies, the offense types punishable by death, the level of public support for the death penalty, the forms the penalty takes, and the categories of persons exempt from punishment. It examines the effectiveness of the death penalty as a deterrent to violent offenses, especially homicide, the extent to which innocent persons have become the victims of capital punishment, and occurrences of state sponsored genocide and democide. This book is a practical and useful tool for public policy makers, criminal justice practitioners, students, and anyone who seeks to better understand the worldwide debate on this controversial social issue.
Capital Punishment
Title | Capital Punishment PDF eBook |
Author | Lill Scherdin |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 324 |
Release | 2016-04-08 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 131716993X |
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, by examining the death penalty’s relationship to state governance in the past and present. It also examines how international, transnational and national forces intersect in order to understand the possibilities of future death penalty abolition. The chapters cover the USA - the only western democracy that still uses the death penalty - and Asia - the site of some 90 per cent of all executions. Also included are discussions of the death penalty in Islam and its practice in selected Muslim majority countries. There is also a comparative chapter departing from the response to the mass killings in Norway in 2011. Leading experts in law, criminology and human rights combine theory and empirical research to further our understanding of the relationships between ways of governance, the role of leadership and the death penalty practices. This book questions whether the death penalty in and of itself is a hazard to a sustainable development of criminal justice. It is an invaluable resource for all those researching and campaigning for the global abolition of capital punishment.
For Capital Punishment
Title | For Capital Punishment PDF eBook |
Author | Walter Berns |
Publisher | Upa |
Pages | 232 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Capital punishment |
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This distinguished constitutional theorist takes a hard look at current criminal law and the Supreme Court's most recent decisions regarding the legality of capital punishment. Examining the penal system, capital punishment, and punishment in general, he reviews the continuing debate about the purpose of punishment for deterrence, rehabilitation, or retribution. He points out that the steady moderation of criminal law has not effected a corresponding moderation in criminal ways or improved the conditions under which men must live. He decries the "pious sentiment" of those who maintain that criminals need to be rehabilitated. He concludes that the real issue is not whether the death penalty deters crime, but that in an imperfect universe, justice demands the death penalty. Originally published by Basic Books in 1979.