Based on author's dissertation (doctoral)-- University of Delaware, 2011, issued under title: "Everyone has choices": constructing individualism in the cultural and institutional life of capital mitigation Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction : American individualism and capital punishment -- Individualism and capital sentencing : what we know and what we hope to learn -- Hegemonic tales of individual responsibility in capital mitigation -- Subversive stories in capital mitigation -- "You still don't kill somebody" : hegemonic individualism and jurors' sentencing recommendations -- "A premeditated intent to kill" : hegemonic tales in judicial sentencing opinions -- Conclusion: individualism, public policy, and the future of capital punishment.
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