Capital Punishment's Collateral Damage

by Robert M. Bohm

The literature on capital punishment is voluminous. For nearly 250 years, scholars have discussed and debated such issues as its deterrent effect, or lack thereof; retributive and religious arguments; costs; administration, including miscarriages of justice and whether it is imposed in an arbitrary and discriminatory manner; and whether methods of execution are cruel and unusual. Conspicuously missing from this literature is the human element; the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611632099
• ISBN13: 9781611632095
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 24.8" x 17.8" x 17.8"