A Comparative Analysis of Capital Punishment: Statutes, Policies, Frequencies, and Public Attitudes the World over - Couverture rigide

Simon, Rita J.; Blaskovich, Dagny A.

 
9780739103821: A Comparative Analysis of Capital Punishment: Statutes, Policies, Frequencies, and Public Attitudes the World over

Synopsis

A Comparative Analysis of Capital Punishment provides a concise and detailed history of the death penalty. Incorporating and synthesizing public opinion data and empirical studies, Simon and Blaskovich's work compares, across societies, the types of offenses punishable by death, the level of public support for the death penalty, the forms the penalty takes, and the categories of persons exempt from punishment.

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À propos de l?auteur

RITA J. SIMON is Professor of Justice at American University. She has written extensively on law, justice, and societal issues. Among her earlier publications are In the Golden Land: A Century of Russian and Soviet Jewish Immigration (Praeger, 1997) and Rabbis, Lawyers, Immigrants, Thieves: Women's Roles in America (Praeger, 1993).

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9780739120910: A Comparative Analysis of Capital Punishment: Statutes, Policies, Frequencies, and Public Attitudes the World Over (Global Perspectives on Social Issues)

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0739120913 ISBN 13 :  9780739120910
Editeur : Lexington Books, 2007
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