The death penalty: what's keeping it alive
Preface -- Acknowledgments -- The death penalty yesterday and today -- Moral and religious underpinnings of the death penalty -- The media as a messenger of death -- The death penalty as a political tool -- The failure and fate of capital punishment -- Appendix A: Historical timeline of the death pe...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Lanham [u.a.]
Rowman & Littlefield
2015
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| In: | Year: 2015 |
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| Availability in Tübingen: | Present in Tübingen. UB: KB 20 A 7230 |
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| Summary: | Preface -- Acknowledgments -- The death penalty yesterday and today -- Moral and religious underpinnings of the death penalty -- The media as a messenger of death -- The death penalty as a political tool -- The failure and fate of capital punishment -- Appendix A: Historical timeline of the death penalty -- Appendix B: Countries with and without the death penalty -- Appendix C: States with and without the death penalty -- Index |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | XIII, 162 S., graph. Darst., Kt. |
| ISBN: | 9781442232679 |