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Routledge Handbook on Capital Punishment (Hardcover)
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Routledge Handbook on Capital Punishment (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge International Handbooks
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Capital punishment is one of the more controversial subjects in the
social sciences, especially in criminal justice and criminology.
Over the last decade or so, the United States has experienced a
significant decline in the number of death sentences and
executions. Since 2007, eight states have abolished capital
punishment, bringing the total number of states without the death
penalty to 19, plus the District of Columbia, and more are likely
to follow suit in the near future (Nebraska reinstated its death
penalty in 2016). Worldwide, 70 percent of countries have abolished
capital punishment in law or in practice. The current trend
suggests the eventual demise of capital punishment in all but a few
recalcitrant states and countries. Within this context, a fresh
look at capital punishment in the United States and worldwide is
warranted. The Routledge Handbook on Capital Punishment
comprehensively examines the topic of capital punishment from a
wide variety of perspectives. A thoughtful introductory chapter
from experts Bohm and Lee presents a contextual framework for the
subject matter, and chapters present state-of-the-art analyses of a
range of aspects of capital punishment, grouped into five sections:
(1) Capital Punishment: History, Opinion, and Culture; (2) Capital
Punishment: Rationales and Religious Views; (3) Capital Punishment
and Constitutional Issues; (4) The Death Penalty's Administration;
and (5) The Death Penalty's Consequences. This is a key collection
for students taking courses in prisons, penology, criminal justice,
criminology, and related subjects, and is also an essential
reference for academics and practitioners working in prison service
or in related agencies.
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