The Death Penalty: Constitutional Issues, Commentaries, and Case Briefs

Author:   Scott Vollum (University of Minnesota, Duluth, USA) ,  Rolando del Carmen (Sam Houston State University, USA) ,  Durant Frantzen (Texas A&M University, USA) ,  Claudia San Miguel (Texas A&M University, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Edition:   3rd edition
ISBN:  

9781138169180


Pages:   356
Publication Date:   24 November 2015
Format:   Hardback
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The Death Penalty, Third Edition, brings together all the legal issues related to the death penalty and provides case briefs for the most important United States Supreme Court death penalty cases. No other book available brings together a discussion of the major constitutional issues surrounding the death penalty with a broad array of associated case briefs. The authors classify cases according to legal issues and provide a commentary on the various sub-topics, presenting legal materials in an easily understood form. Though the primary audiences of the book are undergraduates in criminal justice programs and practitioners in the corrections and justice systems, the book will also prove useful to anyone who has an interest in the death penalty, the criminal justice system, or the United States Constitution. Every chapter starts with commentaries regarding general case law in a sub-topic, such as aggravating and mitigating factors, followed by a chart of the cases briefed in the chapter, and then the case briefs. These case briefs acquaint the reader with Supreme Court cases by summarizing facts, issues, reasons, and holdings. The Death Penalty, Third Edition , is a succinct, trusted guide to the law of capital punishment in the United States.

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Author:   Scott Vollum (University of Minnesota, Duluth, USA) ,  Rolando del Carmen (Sam Houston State University, USA) ,  Durant Frantzen (Texas A&M University, USA) ,  Claudia San Miguel (Texas A&M University, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   3rd edition
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781138169180


ISBN 10:   1138169188
Pages:   356
Publication Date:   24 November 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

"""Top Ten"" Most Significant Death Penalty Cases 1. The Death Penalty: Past and Present 2. The Foundation Cases: Furman v. Georgia and Gregg v. Georgia 3. Racial Discrimination and the Death Penalty 4. The Mentally Impaired and the Death Penalty 5. Death Penalty for Juveniles 6. Juries, Jurors, and the Death Penalty 7. The Right to Effective Assistance of Counsel and the Death Penalty 8. Due Process and the Death Penalty 9. Aggravating and Mitigating Factors in Death Penalty Cases 10. Appeals, Habeas Corpus, and the Death Penalty 11. Evolving Standards of Decency and the Eighth Amendment’s Ban on Cruel and Unusual Punishment 12. Other Issues, Trends, and the Future of the Death Penalty"

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Scott Vollum is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology-Anthropology at the University of Minnesota, Duluth, where he primarily teaches classes on violence, the death penalty, restorative justice, criminological theory, and research methods. He conducts research and writes on a variety of topics related to the death penalty, including attitudes about the death penalty and experiences of those impacted by the death penalty (e.g., condemned death row inmates, co-victims of capital murder, and death row exonerees). He also conducts research on and writes about moral disengagement, restorative justice, violence against animals, and crime and justice in popular culture. The late Rolando V. del Carmen was Distinguished Professor of Criminal Justice (Law) in the College of Criminal Justice, Sam Houston State University. He authored numerous books and articles in various areas of law related to criminal justice. He won all three major awards given by the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, taught numerous graduate and undergraduate classes in law, and was a mentor and friend to a great many of his students. Durant Frantzen is Associate Professor of Criminology in the College of Arts and Sciences at Texas A&M University, San Antonio. His research focuses on offender reentry and recidivism, domestic violence policy, and the death penalty. He teaches courses on forensic psychology, statistics, victimology, and comparative systems in criminal justice. Claudia San Miguel is an Associate Professor of Criminal Justice and Chair of the Department of Public Affairs and Social Research at Texas A&M International University in Laredo, Texas. Her research focuses on the trafficking of women and children, dating violence, domestic violence, and various policing issues. She has traveled to England, Poland, Sweden, Austria, and Spain to help form collaborative relationships with their anti-trafficking task forces. She has also taught courses for the Department of State in Roswell, New Mexico, on global human trafficking at the International Law Enforcement Academy. The late Kelly Cheeseman was Associate Professor and Chair of the Criminal Justice Program at Messiah College in Grantham, Pennsylvania. Her research interests included female offenders, prison deviance, correctional officer stress and job satisfaction, institutional corrections, the death penalty, ethics, and sexually deviant behavior.

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