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Title:

Punishment and the death penalty : the current debate / edited by Robert M. Baird and Stuart E. Rosenbaum.

Publisher:

Prometheus Books,

Copyright Date:

c1995

Description:

258 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Capital punishment--United States.
Punishment--United States.
Doodstraf.
Straffen.
Straftoemeting.

Other Authors:

Baird, Robert M., 1937-
Rosenbaum, Stuart E.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-256).

Contents:

Punishment / J.D. Mabbott -- Two concepts of rules / John Rawls -- Therapy, not punishment / Karl Menninger -- Punishment v. rehabilitation / Richard Wasserstrom -- Persons and punishment / Herbert Morris -- Playing fair with punishment / Richard Dagger -- Punishment of the innocent / Michael L. Radelet, Hugo Adam Bedau, & Constance E. Putnam -- A general history of capital punishment in America / Information Plus -- The crusade against capital punishment / J. Gordon Melton -- On deterrence and the death penalty - Ernest van den Haag -- Casting the first stone / Lloyd Steffen -- In spite of innocence : erroneous convictions in capital cases / Michael L. Radelet, Hugo Adam Bedau, & Constance E. Putnam -- The morality of anger / Walter Berns -- Does it matter if the death penalty is arbitrarily administered? / Stephen Nathanson -- Justice, civilization, and the death penalty : answering van den Haag / Jeffrey H. Reiman -- Refuting Reiman and Nathanson / Ernest van den Haag -- Safely executed / Christie Davies -- Capital punishment and contemporary values : people's misgivings and the court's misperceptions / William Bowers -- Callins v. Collins : Justice Blackmun's dissenting opinion -- Callins v. Collins : Justice Scalia's concurring opinion.

Series:

Contemporary issues

ISBN:

9780879759469 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
0879759461 (pbk. : acid-free paper)

LCCN:

94047521

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

YSPD232 -- Camanche Public Library (Camanche)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

N3AX771 -- Drake Law School Library (Des Moines)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

URAX314 -- Clarke University - Nicholas J. Schrup Library (Dubuque)

SPPE104 -- Independence Public Library (Independence)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)

YFPC572 -- Springville Memorial Library (Springville)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)

WHPE115 -- Storm Lake Public Library (Storm Lake)