The Geography of Execution

The Geography of Execution
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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages : 190
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ISBN-10 : 0847681572
ISBN-13 : 9780847681570
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Book Synopsis The Geography of Execution by : Keith D. Harries

Download or read book The Geography of Execution written by Keith D. Harries and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 1997 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The perennially controversial issue of capital punishment has generated especially passionate debate in recent years. In this book, two noted experts on crime provide a geo-historical perspective on capital punishment, showing vividly the incoherencies and contradictions in policies and practices across the country. Going back to the earliest U.S. executions, the authors challenge the belief that capital punishment serves as a deterrent. Using state-of-the-art methods drawn from geographic information systems (GIS), they illustrate the culture of capital punishment and its impact on selected groups, mapping the execution of women, for example, and the origin and diffusion of electrocution, the gas chamber, and lethal injection. This book will be indispensable to anyone--scholar, policy maker, or lay person--who must be informed on the issue of capital punishment.


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