Peculiar institution: America’s death penalty in an age of abolition
Garland, David
Taking us inside the world of capital punishment, this book presents a compelling picture of America's peculiar institution - its cultural meaning and symbolic force for supporters and abolitionists. Shattering current stereotypes, the book forces us to rethink our understanding of the politics of punishment in America and beyond. INDICE: Prologue; 1: Thinking about capital punishment; 2: The Americanway of death; 3: Capital punishment in the shadow of lynching; 4: Capital punishment in long-term perspective; 5: The decline of the death penalty in Europe and America; 6: The causes of capital punishment's decline; 7: The American state in comparative perspective; 8: American society, American violence, American culture; 9: Capital punishment and the American social structure; 10: An American abolition: Furman v Georgia in context; 11: Backlash: the new meanings of capital punishment; 12: Rationalize, civilize, democratize: the Supreme Court strategies; 13: The uses of capital punishment; 14: The peculiar institution explained
- ISBN: 978-0-19-959499-3
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 432
- Fecha Publicación: 30/09/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés