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The death penalty : A world-wide perspectives - 5th - Oxford Cambridge University Press 2005 - 597p vii

Table of contents
Introduction ; 1. The Abolitionist Movement: Progress and Prospects ; 2. In the Vanguard of Abolition ; 3. Where Capital Punishment Remains Contested ; 4. The Scope of Capital Punishment in Law ; 5. The Death Penalty in Reality: The Process of Execution and the Death Row Experience ; 6. Excluding the Vulnerable from Capital Punishment ; 7. Protecting the Accused and Ensuring Due Process ; 8. Deciding Who Should Die: Problems of Inequity, Arbitrariness, and Racial Discrimination ; 9. The Question of Deterrence ; 10. A Question of Opinion or a Question of Principle? ; 11. The Challenge of a Suitable Replacement ; Appendices ; Bibliography ; Cases Cited ; Index

ISBN: 9780198701743

Subjects--Topical Terms:
1. Punishment - Death Penalty - A Review2. Penology - Punishment - Death Sentencing3. UN Committee - Review - Criminal Policy

Dewey Class. No.: 364.066000 / HOO