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The Death Penalty A Worldwide Perspective

by: Hood, Roger

The Death Penalty A Worldwide Perspective

by: Hood, Roger

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0199251282
Edition: 3rd
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 02/06/2003
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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This title includes the following features: Written by the world'sleading expert on death penalty legislation; A fully up-to-date edition of thestudy referred to by Amnesty International and others as the authority on thedeath penalty; Comes at a time of increasing debate over the future of the deathpenalty in the United States following the executions of Timothy McVeigh and theLaGrand brothers

Foreword

Acknowledgements

vii

List of Tables

Introduction

Sources of Information

(4)

Plan of the Book

(1)

The Approach Taken towards Capital Punishment

(3)

The Abolitionist Movement: Progress and Prospects

(14)

The Pace of Abolition

(5)

The Human Rights Dimension: Conventions and Politics

(9)

Abolition and Retention: A Regional Analysis

(52)

Western Europe

(4)

Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union

(8)

The Middle East and North Africa

(3)

Africa South of the Sahara

(5)

Asia and the Pacific

(12)

South and Central America

(4)

The Caribbean

(3)

North America

(13)

The Scope and Practice of Capital Punishment

(39)

The Scope of the Death Penalty

(12)

The Scale of Death Sentences and Executions

(10)

The Infliction of Capital Punishment

(17)

Protecting the Vulnerable from Capital Punishment

114

(17)

The Issue of Juveniles

114

(5)

The Question of the Aged

119

(1)

The Exemption of Pregnant Women

120

(1)

Protection of the Insane

121

(5)

The Status of the Mentally Retarded

126

(5)

Protecting the Innocent

131

(41)

International Standards

131

(1)

Execution of the Innocent?

132

(6)

Ensuring Fair Trials

138

(18)

The Right to Appeal

156

(7)

The Right to Seek a Pardon or Commutation of Sentence

163

(5)

Finality of Judgment: Awaiting the Outcome of Legal Proceedings

168

(2)

The Question of Cost

170

(1)

Conclusions

170

(2)

Questions of Equality and Fairness in the Administration of Capital Punishment

172

(36)

Mandatory or Discretionary?

172

(4)

The Exercise of Discretion in Capital Cases

176

(3)

Legal Analyses: The American Experience

179

(11)

Criminological Investigations

190

(18)

The Question of Deterrence

208

(25)

What is General Deterrence?

208

(4)

General Deterrence in Context

212

(2)

Assessing Crime Trends

214

(3)

The Comparative Method

217

(2)

Short-Term Effects

219

(2)

Attempts to Unravel the Deterrent Effect

221

(5)

Questions of Validity

226

(4)

Implications for Policy

230

(3)

A Question of Opinion or a Question of Principle?

233

(32)

The Role of Public Opinion

233

(12)

A Question of Principle

245

(2)

Appendices

1. List of Abolitionist and Retentionist Countries

247

(10)

2. Ratification of International Treaties

257

(3)

3. International Instruments

260

(5)

Bibliography

265

(26)

Cases Cited

291

(4)

Index

295

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