a hazard to a sustainable criminal justice system? /
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Lill Scherdin, University of Oslo, Norway.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xxiv, 319 pages :
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illustrations ;
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24 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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The death penalty : a hazard to a sustainable development of criminal justice? / Lill Scherdin -- Death as punishment / Nils Christie -- Why the death penalty is disappearing / David Garland -- The American enlightenment : eliminating capital punishment in the United States / John D. Bessler -- Clear and ever-present dangers? : redefining "closure" in a post 9-11 world / Jody Lyne�ae Madeira -- Why does Japan retain the death penalty? Nine hypotheses / David T. Johnson -- Death penalty moratorium in South Korea : norms, institutions and leadership / Sangmin Bae -- Why Taiwan's de facto moratorium was established and lost / Fort Fu-Te Liao -- The norms of death : on attitudes to capital punishment in China / B�rge Bakken -- A knotty tale : understanding the death penalty in India / Bikramjeet Batra -- Islamic visions for the abolition of the death penalty / Mohammad Habash -- An overview of the ongoing debate on the death penalty in Morocco / Mohammed Ayatt -- Abolition of the death penalty : Indonesia at a crossroads / Todung Mulya Lubis -- Criminal justice, sustainablilty and the death penalty / Vidar Halvorsen -- Staying optimistic / Roger Hood.