Crime and capital punishment
By: Robert H. Loeb, Jr. in consultation with George F. Cole.
Contributors: Cole, George F., 1935-
Edition: Rev. ed., 2nd ed.
Series: An Impact book
Publisher: F. Watts
Published: 1986
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 92
Subjects: Capital punishment -- History -- Juvenile literature; Crime -- History -- Juvenile literature; Capital punishment -- United States -- Juvenile literature; Capital punishment; Criminology
Description: Presents an overview of the history of capital punishment, theories on the causes of crime and the deterrent effects of punitive actions, and the moral and legal principles involved.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 87-88.
Includes index.