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03417aam a2200385 a 4500 001 CC34E108672711E9A331792097128E48 003 SILO 005 20230510010042 008 110928s2012 ne b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2011292318 020 $a 1437734936 020 $a 9781437734935 035 $a (OCoLC)755080674 040 $a DLC $b eng $c DLC $d YDXCP $d CDX $d BDX $d BWX $d MQY $d OCLCO $d GO9 $d OCLCQ $d OCLCF $d OCLCQ $d CHVBK $d OCLCO $d NDL $d FTU $d VFC $d EZU $d NLE $d ONS $d UOI $d OCLCQ $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a HV8699.U5 $b B65 2012 082 04 $a 364.66 BOHM, R 100 1 $a Bohm, Robert M. 245 10 $a Deathquest : $b an introduction to the theory and practice of capital punishment in the United States / $c by Robert M. Bohm. 250 $a 4th ed. 260 $a Amsterdam ; $b Anderson Pub./Elsevier, $c ©2012. 300 $a xxiii, 432 pages ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-396) and index. 520 $a This fourth edition of the first true textbook on the death penalty engages the reader with a full account of the arguments and issues surrounding capital punishment. The book begins with the history of the death penalty from colonial to modern times, and then examines the moral and legal arguments for and against capital punishment. It also provides an overview of major Supreme Court decisions and describes the legal process behind the death penalty. In addressing these issues, the author reviews recent developments in death penalty law and procedure, including ramifications of newer case law, such as that regarding using lethal injection as a method of execution. The author's motivation has been to understand what motivates the "deathquest" of the American people, leading a large percentage of the public to support the death penalty. The book will educate readers so that whatever their death penalty opinions are, they are informed ones. Comprehensive, unbiased review of developments in death penalty law and procedure, including new case law on death-eligible crimes and execution by lethal injection Current data on costs, miscarriages of justice, discriminatory application, religion, and death penalty public opinion Analysis of new research regarding the effectiveness of the death penalty in terms of deterrence, retribution, and incapacitation. 505 0 $a History of the death penalty in the United States: the premodern period -- Capital punishment and the Supreme Court: the premodern period -- The challenge to capital punishment's legality -- Capital punishment and the Supreme Court: the modern period -- The dealth penalty at the Federal level, in the military, and globally -- Methods of execution -- General deterrence and the death penalty -- Incapacitation and economic costs of capital punishment -- Miscarriages of justice and the death penalty -- Arbitrariness and discrimination in the administration of the death penalty -- Retribution, religion, and capital punishment -- American death penalty opinion. 650 0 $a Capital punishment $z United States. 650 7 $a Capital punishment. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00846392 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 650 7 $a Todesstrafe. $2 idszbz 651 7 $a USA. $2 idszbz 941 $a 1 952 $l UPAX334 $d 20230104035818.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=CC34E108672711E9A331792097128E48 994 $a 92 $b UIWInitiate Another SILO Locator Search