Capital Punishment: A Hazard to a Sustainable Criminal Justice System?Dr Lill Scherdin Leading experts in law, criminology and human rights combine theory and empirical research to further our understanding of the relationships between ways of governance, the role of leadership and the death penalty practices. The book covers practice in the USA and Asia as well as within Muslim majority countries, and questions whether the death penalty in and of itself is a hazard to a sustainable development of criminal justice. It is an invaluable resource for all those researching and campaigning for the global abolition of capital punishment. |
Contents
introduction | 1 |
figures | 11 |
a hazard to a sustainable development | 19 |
Death as Punishment | 61 |
Why the death penalty is disappearing | 77 |
eliminating Capital punishment | 93 |
Clear and EverPresent Dangers? Redefining Closure | 113 |
Why Does Japan Retain the Death Penalty? Nine Hypotheses | 139 |
Why Taiwans de facto moratorium was established and lost | 175 |
On attitudes to Capital punishment | 195 |
understanding the death penalty in india | 213 |
islamic Visions for the abolition of the death penalty | 231 |
indonesia at a Crossroads | 251 |
Criminal Justice sustainability and the death penalty | 273 |
staying Optimistic | 293 |
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Other editions - View all
Capital Punishment: A Hazard to a Sustainable Criminal Justice System? Lill Scherdin Limited preview - 2016 |
Capital Punishment: A Hazard to a Sustainable Criminal Justice System? Lill Scherdin Limited preview - 2016 |
Capital Punishment: A Hazard to a Sustainable Criminal Justice System? Lill Scherdin No preview available - 2020 |
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