national development, political change, and the death penalty in Asia /
David T. Johnson, Franklin E. Zimring.
New York :
Oxford University Press,
2009.
1 online resource (xix, 522 pages) :
illustrations
Studies in crime and public policy
Includes bibliographical references (pages 453-504) and index.
Foreword; Contents; PART I: Issues and Methods; PART II: National Profiles; PART III: Lessons and Prospects; Appendixes; Bibliography; Index.
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The authors review the prospects for abolition of the death penalty throughout Asia in a series of authoritative case studies and investigate the continuities and limits between European abolition and attendant human rights perspectives and the culture, government, and policy of Asian nations.