Capital punishment. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: James A. McCafferty, editor.
• Editors: McCafferty, James A
• Contents: General introduction / Hugo A. Bedau -- The use of the death penalty : a factual statement / Walter C. Reckless -- The capital punishment controversy / William O. Hochkammer, Jr. -- In favor of capital punishment / Jacques Barzun -- On deterrence and the death penalty / Ernest van den Haag -- Capital punishment : your protection and mine / Edward J. Allen -- A prosecutor looks at capital punishment / Richard E. Gerstein -- The death penalty / James V. Bennett -- Capital punishment as seen by a correctional administrator / Richard A. McGee -- To abolish the death penalty / Ramsey Clark -- Capital punishment : the challenge of crime in a free society / President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice -- Thou shalt not kill / Judicature -- For whom the chair waits / Sara R. Ehrmann -- Let's abolish capital punishment / Victor H. Evjen -- Varieties of attack on the death penalty / Jack Greenberg and Jack Himmelstein -- The Supreme Court, cruel and unusual punishment, and the death penalty / Sol Rubin.
• Publisher Details: Abingdon, Oxon New York : Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 364.660973; Capital punishment -- United States; Capital punishment; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology; United States; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351530194; 1351530194
• Related ISBNs: 9780202363288
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.; Note: Print version record.
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