Confronting the death penalty: how language influences jurors in capital cases

Introduction : that's the hardest thing I've ever had to do -- Doing death in Texas : studying jurors in the death penalty state -- I hope I'm strong enough to follow the law : emotion and objectivity in capital jurors' decisions -- Facing death : empathy, emotion, and embodied a...

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Autor principal: Conley, Robin (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Print Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford New York Oxford University Press [2016]
En:Año: 2016
Acceso en línea: Inhaltsverzeichnis (Verlag)
Disponibilidad en Tübingen:Disponible en Tübingen.
UB: KB 20 A 8645
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Palabras clave:
Capital Punishment > United States
Decision Making
Jury > United States
USA > Todesstrafe > Geschworenengericht > Sprachstil > Schuldspruch > Urteil
USA > Todesstrafe > Rechtsprechung > Sprachstil
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Sumario:Introduction : that's the hardest thing I've ever had to do -- Doing death in Texas : studying jurors in the death penalty state -- I hope I'm strong enough to follow the law : emotion and objectivity in capital jurors' decisions -- Facing death : empathy, emotion, and embodied actions in jurors' decisions -- Linguistic distance and the dehumanization of capital defendants -- Agents of the state : Capital jurors' accountability for death sentences -- Conclusions : linguistic dehumanization and democracy
Notas:Includes bibliographical references and index
Descripción Física:XII, 237 Seiten
ISBN:9780199334162