The Illusory Death Penalty: Why America's Death Penalty Process Fails to Support the Economic Theories of Criminal Sanctions and Deterrence

The central tenet of the economic approach to criminal law is deterrence. This approach provides a useful tool to analyze the theoretical justifications of capital punishment. From an economic view, the death penalty is a logical extension of the criminal justice system's primary goal of deterr...

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Autor principal: Johnson, Allan D. (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Libro
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Publicado: 2001
En:Año: 2001
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