The death penalty
Subtitle: beyond the smoke and mirrors
By: Alfred B. Heilbrun, Jr.
Publisher: University Press of America
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 191
ISBN-13: 9780761834724
Subjects: Capital punishment -- United States; Punishment in crime deterrence -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-191).
Table of contents: title: section 1. Does the death penalty deter willful killing?; title: 1. The interminable debate regarding the death penalty; title: 2. The 45-year study of the death penalty and deterrence; title: 3. Conceptual lacunae in the deterrence evidence; title: section 2. Can the death penalty be fairly implemented?; title: 4. Fair practice in adjudicating the death penalty : the issue of race; title: 5. Fair practice in adjudicating the death penalty : the issue of gender; title: 6. Fair practice in adjudicating the death penalty : mental disorder as a competence issue; title: 7. Fair practice in adjudicating the death penalty : mental retardation as a competence issue; title: section 3. Putting it all together; title: 8. A verdict on the death penalty as a deterrent to murder; title: 9. Fairness in adjudicating the death penalty.