Capital Punishment in America

by Raymond Paternoster

Reviews the history of execution in the US, the laws concerning capital punishment, and the arguments for and against the death penalty. He shows that the cost of executing a prisoner may actually be higher than jailing him for life, and that capital punishment as a deterrent is ineffective.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0669214094
• ISBN13: 9780669214093
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 307 Pages