عنوان

The death penalty :

شابک

0199228469

شابک

0199228477

شابک

9780199228461

شابک

9780199228478

عنوان اصلي

The death penalty :

نام عام مواد

[Book]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

a worldwide perspective /

نام نخستين پديدآور

Roger Hood and Carolyn Hoyle.

وضعيت ويراست

4th ed., rev. and expanded.

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

New York :

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Oxford University Press,

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

2008.

نام خاص و کميت اثر

xi, 486 pages ;

ابعاد

24 cm

متن يادداشت

Includes bibliographical references (pages 422-454) and index.

متن يادداشت

Introduction. Sources of information ; Plan of the book ; The approach taken towards capital punishment -- 1. The abolitionist movement : progress and prospects. The pace of abolition ; Generating the new wave of abolition ; What prospects for international acceptance or rejection of capital punishment? -- 2. In the vanguard of abolition. Western Europe and Australasia : death penalty free zones ; Eastern Europe : embracing abolition ; States of the former Soviet Union : from moratoria to abolition de jure ; South and Central America : long-term supporters of abolition -- 3. Where capital punishment remains contested. The Middle East and North Africa : cracks in the bastion? ; Africa South of the Sahara : resistance to abolition crumbling? ; Asia and the Pacific : opening up the issue ; The Caribbean : colonial legacies ; North America : faltering support -- 4. The scope of capital punishment in law. Offences punishable by death ; The scale of death sentences and executions -- 5. The death penalty in reality : the process of execution and the death row experience. Executing those found to be guilty ; Under sentence of death ; Conclusion -- 6. Excluding the vulnerable from capital punishment. Juvenile defendants ; The question of the aged ; The exemption of pregnant women ; The status of the mentally retarded ; Protection of the insane and severely mentally ill ; Conclusion -- 7. Protecting the accused and ensuring due process. International standards ; Ensuring a fair trial ; The right to appeal ; The right to seek a pardon, clemency, or commutation of sentence ; Finality of judgment : awaiting the outcome of legal proceedings ; Wrongful convictions and innocent persons exonerated ; Conclusions -- 8. Deciding who should die : problems of inequity, arbitrariness, and racial discrimination. Mandatory or discretionary? ; Legal analyses : the American experience ; Criminological investigations ; Policy implications -- 9. The question of deterrence. Reliance on the deterrent justification ; Conceptual issues : the need for clarification ; General deterrence in context ; Assessing homicide trends ; The comparative method ; Measuring the immediate impact ; The econometric model ; Methodological problems in measuring the deterrent effect ; Implications for policy -- 10. A question of opinion or a question of principle? Public opinion and the politics of abolition ; The nature of public opinion ; Changing public opinion ; Abolition and its effect on public opinion ; The impact of victims' advocates on support for the death penalty ; A question of principle -- 11. The challenge of a suitable replacement. The nature of the challenge ; The range of alternative penalties ; The ascendancy of life without parole in America ; Life without hope : the new challenge to human dignity ; Conditions of confinement ; The challenge of sentencing juveniles convicted of murder ; Implications for policy -- Appendices. Lists of retentionist and abolitionist countries ; Ratification of international treaties ; International instruments.

بدون عنوان

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عنوان

Death penalty.

موضوع مستند نشده

Capital punishment.

موضوع مستند نشده

86.43 criminal procedure law, criminal law sanctions.

موضوع مستند نشده

Capital punishment.

موضوع مستند نشده

Doodstraf.

موضوع مستند نشده

Internationaler Vergleich

موضوع مستند نشده

Internationaler Vergleich.

موضوع مستند نشده

Rechtsvergleich

موضوع مستند نشده

Rechtsvergleich.

موضوع مستند نشده

Todesstrafe

موضوع مستند نشده

Todesstrafe.

موضوع مستند نشده

s1dr

شماره

ويراست

شماره رده

نشانه اثر

شماره رده

شماره رده

شماره رده

شماره رده

کد سيستم

کد سيستم

کد سيستم

کد سيستم

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Hood, Roger,1936-

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Hoyle, Carolyn.

تاريخ عمليات

20200822092758.0

نام الکترونيکي

نوع ماده

[Book]

تكميل شده

Y