The death penalty : a worldwide perspective /
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| Author / Creator: | Hood, Roger, 1936- author. |
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| Edition: | Fifth edition - revised and updated. |
| Imprint: | Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015. ©2015 |
| Description: | xiv, 597 pages ; 25 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10125585 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1. A Short Account of the Project
- 2. Plan of the Book
- 3. The Approach Taken Towards Capital Punishment
- 1. The Abolitionist Movement: Progress and Prospects
- 1. The Pace of Abolition
- 2. What Generated the New Wave of Abolition?
- 3. What Prospects for International Rejection of Capital Punishment?
- 4. The Importance of Article 6(6) of the ICCPR
- 2. In the Vanguard of Abolition
- 1. Western Europe and Australasia: Death-Penalty-Free Zones
- 2. Eastern Europe: Embracing Abolition
- 3. States of the Former Soviet Union: From Moratoria to Abolition De Jure
- 4. South and Central America: Long-Term Supporters of Abolition
- 3. Where Capital Punishment Remains Contested
- 1. Variations within the Retentionist Camp
- 2. The Middle East and North Africa: Cracks in the Bastion?
- 3. Africa South of the Sahara: Resistance to Abolition Crumbling?
- 4. Asia and the Pacific: Opening Up the Issue
- 5. The Caribbean: Colonial Legacies
- 6. North America: Faltering Support
- 4. The Scope of Capital Punishment in Law and Practice
- 1. The Range of Capital Crimes
- 2. What are 'The Most Serious Crimes'?
- 3. The Principle of Non-Retroactive Enforcement
- 4. Offences Other than Murder Punishable by Death
- 5. The Scale of Death Sentences and Executions
- 6. The Need for Accurate Information
- 5. The Death Penalty in Practice: The Process of Execution and the Death Row Experience
- 1. Executing Those Sentenced to Death
- 2. Under Sentence of Death
- 6. Excluding the Vulnerable from Capital Punishment
- 1. Denning Categories
- 2. Juvenile Defendants
- 3. The Question of the Aged
- 4. The Exemption of Pregnant Women and New Mothers
- 5. The Status of the Intellectually Disabled
- 6. Protection of the Insane and Severely Mentally 111
- 7. Remaining Problems
- 7. Protecting the Accused and Ensuring Due Process
- 1. International Standards
- 2. Ensuring a Fair Trial
- 3. The Right to Appeal
- 4. The Right to Seek a Pardon, Clemency, or Commutation of Sentence
- 5. Finality of Judgment: Awaiting the Outcome of Legal Proceedings
- 6. Wrongful Convictions and Innocent Persons Exonerated
- 7. The Illusion of a Fault-Free System
- 8. Deciding Who Should Die: Problems of Inequity, Arbitrariness, and Racial Discrimination
- 1. Mandatory or Discretionary?
- 2. Legal Analyses: The American Experience
- 3. Criminological Investigations
- 4. Policy Implications
- 9. The Question of Deterrence
- 1. Reliance on the Deterrent Justification
- 2. Conceptual Issues: The Need for Clarification
- 3. General Deterrence in Context
- 4. Assessing Homicide Trends
- 5. The Comparative Method
- 6. Measuring the Immediate Impact
- 7. The Econometric Model
- 8. Methodological Problems in Measuring the Deterrent Effect
- 9. Implications for Policy
- 10. A Question of Opinion or a Question of Principle?
- 1. The Significance of Public Opinion
- 2. Public Opinion and the Politics of Abolition
- 3. The Nature and Measurement of Opinion
- 4. Changing Public Opinion
- 5. Abolition and its Effect on Public Opinion
- 6. A Question of Principle
- 11. The Challenge of a Suitable Replacement
- 1. The Nature of the Challenge
- 2. The Range of Alternative Penalties
- 3. The Ascendancy of Mandatory Life Without Parole as an Alternative to Capital Punishment in the United States
- 4. Life Without Hope: The New Challenge to Human Dignity
- 5. Conditions of Confinement
- 6. The Challenge of Sentencing Juveniles Convicted of Murder
- 7. Implications for Policy
- Appendices
- 1. Lists of Retentionist and Abolitionist Countries
- 2. Ratification of International Treaties
- 3. International Instruments
- Bibliography
- Cases Cited
- Index
