Against capital punishment : the anti-death penalty movement in America, 1972-1994 / Herbert H. Hain...
Against capital punishment : the anti-death penalty movement in America, 1972-1994 / Herbert H. Hain...
Against capital punishment : the anti-death penalty movement in America, 1972-1994 / Herbert H. Haines.
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New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.
Date
1996.
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N364.660973/15
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English
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Physical content
xii, 253 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Introduction: Death Penalty Abolitionism in America -- 1. The Fall and Rise of Capital Punishment: 1965-1976 -- 2. The Return of the Executioner: 1976-1982 -- 3. The Reemergence of Political Abolitionism -- 4. Framing Disputes in the Movement Against Capital Punishment -- 5. Abolitionism at the Cros...
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Publisher
New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
1996.
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Summary
Despite the efforts of death-penalty opponents, executions in the United States are on the increase. Against Capital Punishment diagnoses the reasons for the failure to mobilize widespread opposition to executions, and assesses the prospects for opposition to capital punishment in the future of the United States....
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Against capital punishment : the anti-death penalty movement in America, 1972-1994 / Herbert H. Haines.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-237) and index.
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N364.660973/15
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74Vv26jagMBO
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ISBN
0195088387 (alk. paper)
9780195088380 (alk. paper)
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364.66097309047
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991003910349702626
