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For courses in Capital Punishment, The Death Penalty, Policy Analysis/Policy Evaluation/Public Policy and Social Problems. Based on empirical evidence, Death Nation offers a fair and reasoned analysis of capital punishment as it is actually practiced in the United States. It includes a discussion of death penalty history, an analysis of the death penalty law and a discussion of various policy implications. Rather than present philosophical or moral arguments, it presents findings from a survey administered to dozens of capital punishment experts throughout the United States. Included in the book are fact check sections that analyze these expert opinions for accuracy based on available empirical evidence.
Contents
PREFACECHAPTER ONE CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FACTS AND HISTORYCHAPTER TWO DEATH PENALTY LAWCHAPTER THREE METHODOLOGYCHAPTER FOUR JUSTIFICATIONS FOR CAPITAL PUNISHMENT: IS THE DEATH PENALTY EFFECTIVE?CHAPTER FIVE ALLEGED PROBLEMS WITH CAPITAL PUNISHMENT: IS THE CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
