The Death Penalty

A Worldwide Perspective
3rd Auflage
ISBN: 978-0-19-925128-5
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 336 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

This is the revised and updated third edition of Roger Hood's classic study on the death penalty. In it, he surveys and analyzes the status of the death penalty as a punishment worldwide, taking into account the changes that have taken place since the last edition was published.

This is the revised and updated third edition of Roger Hood's classic study on the death penalty. In it, he surveys and analyzes the status of the death penalty as a punishment worldwide, taking into account the changes that have taken place since the last edition was published. This new edition is especially valuable at a time when more and more countries are joining the movement to abolish the death penalty worldwide.

Introduction; 1. The Abolitionist Movement: Progress and Prospects; 2. Abolition and Retention: A Regional Analysis; 3. The Infliction of Capital Punishment - i. The Scope of the Death Penalty ii. The Scale of the Executions; 4. The Observance of Standards and Safeguards; 5. Problems of Administering a Restrictive Policy of Death Sentencing; 6. The Question of Deterrence; 7. Public Opinion and Knowledge

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hood, Roger

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationale Menschen- und Minderheitenrechte, Kinderrechte