Who Owns Death?: Capital Punishment, the American Conscience, and the End of Executions - Couverture souple

Lifton, Robert J.; Mitchell, Greg

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 038079246X ISBN 13 : 9780380792467

Editeur : Harper Perennial, 2002

Synopsis

Book by Lifton Robert J Mitchell Greg

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

In this timely book, Robert Jay Lifton and Greg Mitchell investigate the mindsets of individuals involved in the death penalty -- including prison wardens, prosecutors, jurors, religious figures, governors, judges, and relatives of murder victims -- and offer a textured look at a system that perpetuates the longstanding American habit of violence.

Richly rewarding and meticulously researched, Who Owns Death? explores the history of the death penalty in the United States, from hanging to lethal injection, and considers what this search for more "humane" executions reveals about us as individuals and as a society... and what the future of the death penalty holds for us all.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Robert Jay Lifton's books include The Nazi Doctors, Death in Life: Survivors of Hiroshima (winner of a National Book Award), and Destroying the World to Save It. He is the director of the Center on Violence and Human Survival at John Jay College and also teaches at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Harper Perennial
• Date d'édition: 2002
• ISBN 10: 038079246X
• ISBN 13: 9780380792467
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 304