| Description |
ix, 258 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Studies in crime and public policy |
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Studies in crime and public policy.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [243]-249) and index. |
| Contents |
1. Divergent trends. The peculiar present of American capital punishment -- More than a trend : abolition in the developed nations -- The symbolic transformation of American capital punishment -- 2. Explaining the American difference. Federalism and its discontents -- The vigilante tradition and modern executions -- The consequences of contradictory values -- 3. Capital punishment in the American future. The no-win 1990s -- The beginning of the end -- Appendix A. Statistical materials on lynchings and executions -- Appendix B. Reported frequencies of national death penalty policy, 1980 to 2001 -- Appendix C. Death row and execution statistics -- Appendix D. New survey analysis materials -- Appendix E. Justified killings by citizens and police, by state -- Appendix F. Review of death penalty exoneration data from the Death Penalty Information Center. |
| Subject |
Capital punishment -- United States.
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| ISBN |
0195152360 cloth |
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