Ethical issues: capital punishment books

205 books were found.

I Refuse for the Devil to Take My Soul: Inside Cook County Jail

I Refuse for the Devil to Take My Soul: Inside Cook...

Author: Holzer-Glier Lilli ,  Mary Crowley
ISBN: 9781576878880
Format: Hardback
$62.99

A glimpse into life with mental illness behind bars.  Read More >>

Demons and Demigods: Death Penalty in India

Demons and Demigods: Death Penalty in India

Author: Aparna Jha (Advocate, Advocate, Supreme Court of India)
ISBN: 9780199489633
Format: Hardback
$42.95

The book is a personal narrative of the author on the death penalty. The author in this work recounts herexperience,...  Read More >>

Notes on the Institution of Punishment and Corrections

Notes on the Institution of Punishment and Corrections...

Author: Monica Solinas-Saunders
ISBN: 9781524950354
Format: Paperback
$167.20

An introductory level text focusing on the issues of punishment, incarceration, and rehabilitation in the United...  Read More >>

Inferno: An Anatomy of American Punishment

Inferno: An Anatomy of American Punishment

Author: Robert A. Ferguson
ISBN: 9780674983939
Format: Paperback
$55.95

Robert Ferguson diagnoses all parts of a massive, out-of-control punishment regime. Turning the spotlight on the...  Read More >>

Slavery and the Death Penalty: A Study in Abolition

Slavery and the Death Penalty: A Study in Abolition...

Author: Bharat Malkani
ISBN: 9781472452740
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book explains how the course of abolitionism, and the strategies and tactics of the anti-death penalty movement,...  Read More >>

Death Row: The Final Minutes: My life as an execution witness in America's most infamous prison

Death Row: The Final Minutes: My life as an execution...

Author: Michelle Lyons ,  Larry Fitzgerald
ISBN: 9781911600695
Format: Paperback
$36.20

The remarkable, unbelievable and provocative story of one woman's experiences working on death row in Huntsville,...  Read More >>

Deadly Justice: A Statistical Portrait of the Death Penalty

Deadly Justice: A Statistical Portrait of the Death...

Author: Frank Baumgartner (Professor of Political Science, Professor of Political Science, University of North Carolina) ,  Marty Davidson (Student, Student, University of North Carolina)
ISBN: 9780190841546
Format: Paperback
$64.95

In 1976, the US Supreme Court ruled in Gregg v. Georgia that the death penalty was constitutional if it complied...  Read More >>

Deadly Justice: A Statistical Portrait of the Death Penalty

Deadly Justice: A Statistical Portrait of the Death...

Author: Frank Baumgartner (Professor of Political Science, Professor of Political Science, University of North Carolina) ,  Marty Davidson (Student, Student, University of North Carolina)
ISBN: 9780190841539
Format: Hardback
$360.00

In 1976, the US Supreme Court ruled in Gregg v. Georgia that the death penalty was constitutional if it complied...  Read More >>

Mental Disability and the Death Penalty: The Shame of the States

Mental Disability and the Death Penalty: The Shame of...

Author: Michael L. Perlin
ISBN: 9780810895881
Format: Paperback
$60.99

Michael Perlin shows how the administration of the death penalty deprives persons with mental disabilities of their...  Read More >>

Justice, Mercy, and Caprice: Clemency and the Death Penalty in Ireland

Justice, Mercy, and Caprice: Clemency and the Death...

Author: Ian O'Donnell (University College Dublin)
ISBN: 9780198798477
Format: Hardback
$178.95

The book is a work of criminal justice history that speaks to the emergence of a more humane Irish state - a close...  Read More >>

End of Its Rope: How Killing the Death Penalty Can Revive Criminal Justice

End of Its Rope: How Killing the Death Penalty Can Revive...

Author: Brandon L. Garrett
ISBN: 9780674970991
Format: Hardback
$74.95

Today, death sentences in the U.S. are as rare as lethal lightning strikes. Brandon Garrett shows us the reasons...  Read More >>

Incarceration Nations: A Journey to Justice in Prisons Around the World

Incarceration Nations: A Journey to Justice in Prisons...

Author: Baz Dreisinger
ISBN: 9781590518991
Format: Paperback
$35.00

"""A first-person odyssey through the prison systems of the world. Professor, journalist, and founder of the Prison-to-College...  Read More >>

A Courageous Fool: Marie Deans and Her Struggle against the Death Penalty

A Courageous Fool: Marie Deans and Her Struggle against...

Author: Todd C. Peppers ,  Margaret A. Anderson
ISBN: 9780826521613
Format: Paperback
$79.07

"The intimate biography of a death penalty opponent who, in Sister Helen Prejean's words, ""worked like hell for...  Read More >>

A Courageous Fool: Marie Deans and Her Struggle against the Death Penalty

A Courageous Fool: Marie Deans and Her Struggle against...

Author: Todd C. Peppers ,  Margaret A. Anderson
ISBN: 9780826521606
Format: Hardback
$263.87

"The intimate biography of a death penalty opponent who, in Sister Helen Prejean's words, ""worked like hell for...  Read More >>

The Death Penalty: A Reference Handbook

The Death Penalty: A Reference Handbook

Author: Joseph A. Melusky (Saint Francis University, USA) ,  Keith A. Pesto
ISBN: 9781440845499
Format: Hardback
$91.00

This book addresses the myriad controversies and examines the evidence regarding capital punishment in America....  Read More >>

Final Judgments: The Death Penalty in American Law and Culture

Final Judgments: The Death Penalty in American Law and...

Author: Austin Sarat (Amherst College, Massachusetts)
ISBN: 9781107155480
Format: Hardback
$271.66

This book examines the meaning and significance of finality in capital cases, deploying various theories and perspectives...  Read More >>

God in Captivity: The Rise of Faith-Based Prison Ministries in the Age of Mass Incarceration

God in Captivity: The Rise of Faith-Based Prison Ministries...

Author: Tanya Erzen
ISBN: 9780807089989
Format: Hardback
$49.99

An eye-opening account of how and why evangelical Christian ministries are flourishing in prisons across the United...  Read More >>

Killing Time: Surviving Dubai's Most Notorious Prisons

Killing Time: Surviving Dubai's Most Notorious Prisons...

Author: Karl Williams
ISBN: 9781447295259
Format: Paperback
$38.79

The shocking true story of an innocent Brit locked up in Dubai's most notorious prison.  Read More >>

Radical Discipleship: A Liturgical Politics of the Gospel

Radical Discipleship: A Liturgical Politics of the Gospel...

Author: Jennifer M. McBride
ISBN: 9781506401898
Format: Paperback
$73.99

Radical Discipleship engages the structural evils of homelessness, mass incarceration, and capital punishment, arguing...  Read More >>

DeathQuest: An Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Capital Punishment in the United States

DeathQuest: An Introduction to the Theory and Practice...

Author: Robert M. Bohm (University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA) ,  Robert M. Bohm (University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA)
ISBN: 9781138671638
Format: Hardback
$441.00

This fifth edition of the first true textbook on the death penalty engages the reader with a full account of the...  Read More >>

Old Sparky: The Electric Chair and the History of the Death Penalty

Old Sparky: The Electric Chair and the History of the...

Author: Anthony Galvin
ISBN: 9781510711334
Format: Paperback
$32.99

"A New York Times Bestseller A shocking exploration of America's preferred method of capital punishment. In early...  Read More >>

Abolishing the Death Penalty: Why India Should Say No to Capital Punishment

Abolishing the Death Penalty: Why India Should Say No...

Author: Gopalkrishna Gandhi
ISBN: 9789382277781
Format: Hardback
$51.72

In Abolishing the Death Penalty: Why India Should Say No to Capital Punishment, Gopalkrishna Gandhi asks fundamental...  Read More >>

Courting Death: The Supreme Court and Capital Punishment

Courting Death: The Supreme Court and Capital Punishment...

Author: Carol S. Steiker ,  Jordan M. Steiker
ISBN: 9780674737426
Format: Hardback
$79.07

Refusing to eradicate the death penalty, the U.S. has attempted to reform and rationalize capital punishment through...  Read More >>

DeathQuest: An Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Capital Punishment in the United States

DeathQuest: An Introduction to the Theory and Practice...

Author: Robert M. Bohm (University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA) ,  Robert M. Bohm (University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA)
ISBN: 9781138940888
Format: Paperback
$124.00

This fifth edition of the first true textbook on the death penalty engages the reader with a full account of the...  Read More >>

Capital Punishment: London's Places of Execution

Capital Punishment: London's Places of Execution

Author: Robert Bard
ISBN: 9781445667362
Format: Paperback
$41.37

This book examines a darker side of London's history through its places of execution.  Read More >>

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