Hood, Roger G.

The death penalty : a worldwide perspective / Roger Hood. - 3rd ed., rev. and updated - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2002. - x, 316 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p.[265]-290) and index.

1. The abolitionist movement: progress and prospects. - 2. Abolition and retention: a regional analysis. - 3. The scope and practice of capital punishment. - 4. Protecting the vullnerable from capital punishment. - 5. Protecting the innocent. - 6. Questions of equality and fairness in the administration of capital punishment. - 7. The question of deterrence. - 8. A question of opinion or a question of principle?

9780199251292 (hbk.) 0199251290 (hbk.)


Capital punishment
Criminal justice, Administration of.

364.66 / HOO