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New Arrival Dismantling the Death Penalty: Research-Based Answers to the Essential Questions

Dismantling the Death Penalty: Research-Based Answers to the Essential Questions

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  • 出版商: Oxford University Press
  • ISBN: 9780197515556
  • 出版时间 March 2025
  • 规格: Paperback
  • 适应领域: U.K. ? 免责申明:
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    Dismantling the Death Penalty is a succinct, accessible, and lively overview of research on the costs and consequences of capital punishment. Professor Costanzo uses diverse sources of information—including closing arguments from murder trials; interviews with jurors; statistical analyses of murder rates; survey data; and quotes from defendants, politicians, and the families of victims—to understand the effects and effectiveness of the death penalty. Each chapter answers an essential question: How do juries decide who is sentenced to death? Do executions deter potential murderers? Does the public support the death penalty? Is it "cruel and unusual"? Is it cheaper than life imprisonment? How serious are errors and biases in the system? Is the death penalty morally justified? Although the emphasis is on social scientific research, this comprehensive analysis also places the practice of killing murderers in historical, political, and moral context. The opening chapter chronicles the long, bloody history of executions and changes in how, when, and why we kill criminals. The closing chapter evaluates the politics and future of capital punishment, as well as alternatives to execution.

  • Introduction

    Chapter 1: The Death Penalty from Ancient to Modern Times: A Brief History
    Executions in the United States
    The Abolition Movement
    Justifications for Killing Criminals
    Five Historical Trends

    Chapter 2: How do we Decide Who is Sentenced to Death?
    Two Supreme Court Decisions
    The Bifurcated Capital Murder Trial
    The impact of "Death Qualification" on Capital Juries
    Victim Impact Testimony in the Penalty Phase
    The Role of the Defense and the Prosecution in the Penalty Phase
    Jurors in Capital Murder Trials
    The Misconceptions of Supreme Court Justices and Capital Jurors
    The Appeals Process

    Chapter 3: Does the Death Penalty Deter Potential Murderers?
    The Research Evidence
    Brutalization: Does the Death Penalty Incite Murder?
    The Final Wave of Deterrence Research?
    The Flawed Theory Underlying a Belief in Deterrence

    Chapter 4: Does the American Public Support the Death Penalty?
    What the Surveys Tell Us
    The Dynamics of Public Opinion
    What Drives Public Support?
    The Shallowness of Support: Types of Murderers and Punishments
    LWOP+R

    Chapter 5: Is the Death Penalty Cruel and Unusual?
    Ropes, Bullets, Electricity, Gas, and Poison
    Between Sentencing and Execution: Life on Death Row
    Waiting for the Executioner
    The Execution Ritual
    Cruelty from a Safe Distance

    Chapter 6: Is the Death Penalty Cheaper than Life Imprisonment?
    The Price Tag
    Why the Death Penalty Is So Costly
    Streamlining the System to Cut Costs

    Chapter 7: Are there Errors and Biases in the Application of the Death Penalty?
    The Geography of Death
    All the Justice Money Can Buy
    Justice in Black and White
    The Supreme Court's View of Race
    Why Death Is Different

    Chapter 8: Is Killing Murderers Morally Justified?
    The Bible Tells Me So
    Moral Philosophy and the Functions of Punishment
    Moral Responsibility and Free Will
    Just Revenge?
    What About the Victims?
    The Families of the Murderers
    The Famous Few

    Chapter 9: The Slow Death of Capital Punishment in the United States
    Other Western Democracies
    The Fading Political Power of the Death Penalty
    The Role of the Media
    The Alternative to Killing
    Toward Abolition
    The Message We Send

    In Conclusion
    References
    Index

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