Description
| Product ID: | 9781032470023 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Death Penalty as State Crime |
| Subtitle: | Who Can Kill? |
| Authors: | Author: Laura L. Finley |
| Page Count: | 224 |
| Subjects: | Social and political philosophy, Social & political philosophy, Ethical issues: capital punishment, Sociology: death and dying, Penology and punishment, Human rights, civil rights, Civics and citizenship, Public international law: human rights, Criminal justice law, Sentencing and punishment, Medical sociology, Ethical issues: capital punishment, Sociology: death & dying, Penology & punishment, Human rights, Civil rights & citizenship, International human rights law, Criminal justice law, Sentencing & punishment, Medical sociology, USA |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating This book offers a new perspective on the death penalty in the US, examining capital punishment as state crime or state-produced harm. It addresses the death penalty, showing how the state not only authorizes a system and a practice that tortures human beings, but is also aware of its deep flaws and chooses not to address them. This book offers a new perspective on the death penalty in the US, examining capital punishment as state crime or state-produced harm. It addresses the death penalty, showing how the state not only authorizes a system and a practice that tortures human beings, but is also aware of its deep flaws and chooses not to address them. Building on the vast literature on state crime together with case examples and interviews with activists seeking to abolish the death penalty, this book offers a new and innovative critique of state punishment in the US. It draws on a range of issues and topics such as arbitrariness, inadequate counsel, racial bias, mental illness, innocence, conditions on death row, the protocols, and the equipment used for executions. It emphasizes the need for abolition of the death penalty and highlights efforts being made to do so, with a focus on successful elements of abolition campaigns. The Death Penalty as State Crime is essential reading for all those engaged with capital punishment, human rights, and state crime, and will be of interest to criminologists, sociologists, legal scholars and political scientists alike. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2024-03-27 |
