The Death Penalty: A Worldwide Perspective
Roger Hood
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Description for The Death Penalty: A Worldwide Perspective
Paperback. The fifth edition of this renowned work charts the progress towards the goal of worldwide abolition of the death penalty internationally. The authors make a powerful case for abolition, regarding capital punishment as cruel, inhuman, and degrading. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: JFMC; JPVH; LNDC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 171 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1074.
The fifth edition of this highly praised study charts and explains the progress that continues to be made towards the goal of worldwide abolition of the death penalty. The majority of nations have now abolished the death penalty and the number of executions has dropped in almost all countries where abolition has not yet taken place. Emphasising the impact of international human rights principles and evidence of abuse, the authors examine how this has fuelled challenges to the death penalty and they analyse and appraise the likely obstacles, political and cultural, to further abolition. They discuss the cruel realities of ... Read more
The fifth edition of this highly praised study charts and explains the progress that continues to be made towards the goal of worldwide abolition of the death penalty. The majority of nations have now abolished the death penalty and the number of executions has dropped in almost all countries where abolition has not yet taken place. Emphasising the impact of international human rights principles and evidence of abuse, the authors examine how this has fuelled challenges to the death penalty and they analyse and appraise the likely obstacles, political and cultural, to further abolition. They discuss the cruel realities of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
1042g
Number of Pages
612
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198701743
SKU
V9780198701743
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Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-44
About Roger Hood
Professor Roger Hood is Professor Emeritus of Criminology at the University of Oxford and Emeritus Fellow of All Souls College. He took his Ph.D. at the Law Faculty of the University of Cambridge at the Institute of Criminology, and is a Doctor of Civil Law at the University of Oxford. From 1973 to 2003 he was Director of the Oxford ... Read more
Reviews for The Death Penalty: A Worldwide Perspective
This book is a remarkable achievement and will appeal not just to those studying or working in this area, but to anyone who is interested in learning about the death penalty, based on the facts.
Seema Kandelia, Nordic Journal of Human Rights
Seema Kandelia, Nordic Journal of Human Rights