Peculiar institution: America's death penalty in an age of abolition

Prologue : the exemplary execution -- A peculiar institution -- The American way of death -- Historical modes of capital punishment -- The death penalty's decline -- Processes of transformation -- State and society in america -- Capital punishment in America -- An American abolition -- New poli...

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Autor principal: Garland, David (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Print Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2010
En:Año: 2010
Acceso en línea: Inhaltsverzeichnis (Verlag)
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Palabras clave:
Capital Punishment > United States > History
Decentralization in government > United States > History
Discrimination in capital punishment > United States > History
Power (Social sciences) > United States > History
USA > Todesstrafe
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Sumario:Prologue : the exemplary execution -- A peculiar institution -- The American way of death -- Historical modes of capital punishment -- The death penalty's decline -- Processes of transformation -- State and society in america -- Capital punishment in America -- An American abolition -- New political and cultural meanings -- Reinventing the death penalty -- Death and its uses -- Epilogue : discourse and death
Notas:Includes bibliographical references and index
Descripción Física:417 S. graph. Darst.
ISBN:9780199594993
9780674057234