Full Description
This book addresses one of the most controversial issues in the criminal justice system today--the death penalty. Paternoster et al. present a balanced perspective that focuses on both the arguments for and against capital punishment. Coverage draws on legal, historical, philosophical, economic, sociological, and religious points of view.
Topics include:
* The history of the death penalty in the United States, from the 1600s to today
* The changing nature of the death penalty--changes in the types of crimes that warranted the penalty, the procedures employed to put capital offenders on trial, and the methods used to impose death
* Constitutional/legal issues surrounding the death penalty
* The influence of race on the administration of the death penalty, both in the past and in the present
* Justifications for and against the death penalty (retribution, cost, public safety, and religious arguments)
* Questions about the execution of innocents, exonerated capital offenders, and flaws in the operation of the death penalty
* Public opinion and the death penalty
* The death penalty and international law and practice
* The future of the death penalty in America
Contents
PART I: THE ENDURING LEGACY OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN THE UNITED STATES; CHAPTER 1. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN THE EARLY PERIOD: 1608-1929; CHAPTER 2. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN THE PRE-MODERN PERIOD: 1930-1967; CHAPTER 3. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN THE MODERN PERIOD: 1977-PRESENT; PART II: LEGAL HISTORY, CONSTITUTIONAL REQUIREMENTS, AND COMMON JUSTIFICATIONS FOR CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN THE UNITED STATES; CHAPTER 4. A BRIEF LEGAL HISTORY OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN THE UNITED STATES; CHAPTER 5. CONSTITUTIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN THE UNITED STATES; CHAPTER 6. COMMON JUSTIFICATIONS FOR THE DEATH PENALTY; PART III: THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE DEATH PENALTY: ISSUES OF RACE AND HUMAN FALLIBILITY; CHAPTER 7. RACE, THE LAW, AND PUNISHMENT; CHAPTER 8. RACE AND CAPITAL PUNISHMENT; CHAPTER 9. PROBLEMS IN ADMINISTERING THE DEATH PENALTY; PART IV: WHAT'S TO COME OF THE DEATH PENALTY; CHAPTER 10. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN AMERICA'S FUTURE
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