ISBN: 9780195152364

Why does the United States continue to employ the death penalty when fifty other developed democracies have abolished it? Why does capital punishment become more problematic each year? Ho… Mehr…

Why does the United States continue to employ the death penalty when fifty other developed democracies have abolished it? Why does capital punishment become more problematic each year? How can the death penalty conflict be resolved?In The Contradictions of American Capital Punishment, Frank Zimring reveals that the seemingly insoluble turmoil surrounding the death penalty reflects a deep and long-standing division in American values, a division that he predicts will soon bring about the end of capital punishment in ourcountry. On the one hand, execution would seem to violate our nation''s highest legal principles of fairness and due process. It sets us increasingly apart from our allies and indeed is regarded by European nations as a barbaric and particularly egregious form of American exceptionalism. On theother hand, the death penalty represents a deeply held American belief in violent social justice that sees the hangman as an agent of local control and safeguard of community values. Zimring uncovers the most troubling symptom of this attraction to vigilante justice in the lynch mob. He shows thatthe great majority of executions in recent decades have occurred in precisely those Southern states where lynchings were most common a hundred years ago. It is this legacy, Zimring suggests, that constitutes both the distinctive appeal of the death penalty in the United States and one of the mostcompelling reasons for abolishing it. Impeccably researched and engagingly written, Contradictions in American Capital Punishment casts a clear new light on America''s long and troubled embrace of the death penalty. | The Contradictions of American Capital Punishment by Franklin E. Zimring Hardcover | Indigo Chapters Books > Social & Cultural Studies P10102, Franklin E. Zimring<

2003, ISBN: 9780195152364

Oxford University Press, Gebundene Ausgabe, Auflage: Illustrated, 272 Seiten, Publiziert: 2003-04-17T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, Hersteller-Nr.: bibliography, index, 1.19 kg, Strafrec… Mehr…

Oxford University Press, Gebundene Ausgabe, Auflage: Illustrated, 272 Seiten, Publiziert: 2003-04-17T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, Hersteller-Nr.: bibliography, index, 1.19 kg, Strafrecht, Recht, Kategorien, Bücher, Kriminologie, Sozialwissenschaft, Kriminalität, Gesellschaft, Politik & Geschichte, Fremdsprachige Bücher, Featured Categories, Englische Bücher, 7c9a6c79-19ea-4dea-90da-d7d47042d341_2301, 7c9a6c79-19ea-4dea-90da-d7d47042d341_0, Arborist Merchandising Root, acc906d0-2585-4921-a56f-3ff277850936_4901, acc906d0-2585-4921-a56f-3ff277850936_0, Special Features Stores, Format: Illustriert, Oxford University Press, 2003<

ISBN: 9780195152364

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[ED: Einband - fest (Hardcover)], [PU: Oxford University Press Inc], Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. Since the mid-1980s, almost every Western country has moved to abolish the death penalty. The United States is the exception. This thesis argues that a traditio, DE, [SC: 0.00], Neuware, gewerbliches Angebot, Hardcover, 272, [GW: 517g], Banküberweisung, PayPal<

2003, ISBN: 9780195152364

Buch, Hardcover, [PU: Oxford University Press Inc], Oxford University Press Inc, 2003