TY - BOOK AU - Hood,Roger G. TI - The death penalty: a worldwide perspective SN - 9780199251292 (hbk.) U1 - 364.66 PY - 2002/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - Capital punishment KW - Criminal justice, Administration of N1 - 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? ER -