Capital punishment / (Record no. 658)

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010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
LC control number 2007025898
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International Standard Book Number 9780737737110
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International Standard Book Number 0737737115
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Classification number KF9227.C2
Item number C34 2007
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Connors, Paul
245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Capital punishment /
Statement of responsibility, etc Paul G. Connors, book editor.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc Farmington Hills, MI :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc Greenhaven Press,
Date of publication, distribution, etc c2007.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 220 p. ;
Dimensions 24 cm.
490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT
Series statement Current controversies
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-210) and index.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Is capital punishment ethical? Yes, capital punishment is ethical : When a loved one is murdered, the death penalty seems moral / Olga Polites -- Death by lethal injection is not cruel and unusual punishment / Cal Thomas -- Juvenile executions should be ruled constitutional / Robert H. Bork -- Capital punishment is moral to prevent the taking of innocent lives / Cass R. Sunstein and Adrian Vermeule -- No, capital punishment is not ethical : Capital punishment is simply murder / Gary Egeberg -- Death by lethal injection is inhumane / Deborah W. Denno -- Putting juvenile murderers to death is wrong / Craig M. Bradley -- Physicians have an ethical responsibility not to participate in executions / Peter A. Clark -- Is capital punishment administered fairly? Yes, capital punishment is administered fairly : The chance of executing an innocent person is very slight / Richard A. Posner -- Capital punishment is administered fairly / Joshua Marquis -- Death row reforms may lead to a fairer criminal justice system / Jean M. Templeton -- No, capital punishment is not administered fairly : Wrongful convictions involving prisoners are too common / C. Ronald Huff -- The death penalty is not applied equally to both sexes / Victor L. Streib -- Scientific evidence does not ensure guilt in death penalty cases / Sheila Jasanoff -- The evidence of innocence is often withheld in death penalty cases / Dale S. Recinella.
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Formatted contents note Is capital punishment an effective deterrent to crime? Yes, capital punishment is an effective deterrent to crime : Capital punishment does in fact deter crime / Joanna M. Shepherd -- Homicidal violence in Great Britain has increased since the abolition of the death penalty / Theodore Dalrymple -- Hanging Saddam Hussein will deter future chaos in Iraq / Patrick Poole -- No, capital punishment is not an effective deterrent to crime : Studeis cannot "prove" capital punishment deters crime / Clive Stafford Smith -- Capital punishment is ineffective and dangerous / Michael Cohen -- Deterrence studies are inconsistent and unscientific / Jeffrey Fagan -- Should capital punishment be abolished or reformed? Executions should be televised to spur debate about capital punishment / Howard Rosenberg -- Capital punishment is a failed experiment and should be abolished / Anna Quindlen -- Feminists should advocated to abolish capital punishment / Laura Huey -- Saddam Hussein should not have been hanged / Richard Dawkins -- Public and state support for the death penalty is declining / Dahlia Lithwick.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc Gives the pros and cons of capital punishment, the ethical question, and if it's a deterrent to crime.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Capital punishment
Geographic subdivision United States.
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650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Capital punishment
General subdivision Moral and ethical aspects
Geographic subdivision United States.
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Connors, Paul G.
830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE
Uniform title Current controversies.
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Materials specified Table of contents only
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African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights Library African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights Library   29/08/2010 KF9227.C2 C347 10004092 Books
African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights Library African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights Library   29/08/2010 KF9227.C2 C347 1000405X Books

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