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03080aam a2200409 i 4500 001 EBD9292EB05F11EA86A2D96D97128E48 003 SILO 005 20200617010021 008 191007s2020 caua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2019045949 020 $a 0520344391 020 $a 9780520344396 020 $a 0520344383 020 $a 9780520344389 035 $a (OCoLC)1122184678 040 $a CU-S/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a KF9227.C2 $b K38 2020 100 1 $a Kaufman, Sarah Beth, $e author. 245 10 $a American roulette : $b the social logic of death penalty sentencing trials / $c Sarah Beth Kaufman. 264 1 $a Oakland, California : $b University of California Press, $c [2020] 300 $a ix, 248 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction -- Constructing capital homicide -- Governing capital sentencing -- The capital sentencing field -- Performing punitive citizenship -- Performing mercy -- Performing danger -- Mourners in the court -- Conclusion -- Methodological appendix -- Court cases cited. 520 $a "As the death penalty clings stubbornly to life in many states and dies off in others, this first-of-its kind ethnography of capital trials offers a fresh analysis of the inner workings of American death penalty. Sarah Beth Kaufman draws on years of ethnographic and documentary research, including hundreds of hours of courtroom observation in seven states, interviews with prosecutors, and analyses of newspaper coverage of death penalty cases. Her research exposes the logic of a system that is not explained by morality or justice and does not make sense fiscally, emotionally, or as a crime-control strategy, but instead depends on a series of social logics that go beyond the previously acknowledged problems with race and class discrimination. Taking readers inside capital courtrooms across the country, American Roulette contends that the ideals of criminal punishment have been replaced by logics of performance and politics. The result is a network that assembles the power to decide between life and death, all while suggesting that jurors take ultimate responsibility"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Capital punishment $z United States. 650 0 $a Sentences (Criminal procedure) $z United States. 650 0 $a Criminal justice, Administration of $x Social aspects $z United States. 650 7 $a Capital punishment. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00846392 650 7 $a Criminal justice, Administration of $x Social aspects. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00883307 650 7 $a Sentences (Criminal procedure) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01112638 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 776 08 $i Online version: $a Kaufman, Sarah Beth. $t American roulette $d Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2020] $z 9780520975507 $w (DLC) 2019045950 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20210721013843.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=EBD9292EB05F11EA86A2D96D97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search