Ethical issues: capital punishment Books
The History Press Ltd London The Executioners City
Book SynopsisTyburn Fields is the best known site of execution in London, but London may be aptly named the executioner''s city, so many were the places where executions could and did occur. This book reveals the capital as a place where the bodies of criminals defined the boundaries of the city and heads on poles greeted patrons on London Bridge.
£11.69
The History Press Executioner
Book SynopsisJames Berry was an ex-policeman who was Britain''s hangman from 1884-92, throughout the period of the Whitechapel murders. Stewart Evans here takes the reader on a fascinating journey into the world of Victorian crime and punishment.
£12.34
Columbia University Press Narrative Change
Book SynopsisHans Hansen offers readers a powerful model for creating significant organizational, social, and institutional change. He unpacks the lessons of the fight to change capital punishment in Texas, revealing how narratives shape our everyday lives and how we can construct new narratives to enact positive change.Trade ReviewThis is a smart and eminently readable treatment of a novel approach to social, organizational, and personal change through the analysis and alteration of embedded—and often unrecognized—cultural narratives. Practical applications of Hans Hansen’s thoughtful approach to narrative change are provided throughout the book highlighted by an impressive, first-hand account of how a small team of social justice advocates was able to change the way the death penalty operates in Texas. The writing is lively and enthusiastic, and carries readers along a storyline that rests on solid scholarship and considerable social science research. A must-read for those interested in the role our narratives play in maintaining or transforming the status quo. -- John Van Maanen, emeritus professor of organization studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and author of Tales of the FieldThe way Hans has changed the death penalty in Texas has been miraculous! If his narrative change methods can work on that inexorable institution, they can work anywhere. If Hans says this is the way to change something, just do it! -- Sister Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man WalkingHansen shows us how narrative theory can be used for social change in a way that is both theoretically simple and eminently practical—an unusual combination in modern approaches to change. He does this by telling the story of how he inadvertently got involved with fighting the death penalty in Texas and the surprising success they had when they used these ideas. This is not only a must-read for anyone interested in social change, it is a great story that is nearly impossible to put down. -- Steven S. Taylor, professor of leadership and creativity and dean ad interim, Foisie Business School, Worcester Polytechnic InstituteHans Hansen has produced a brilliant, thought-provoking, and inspiring book on how narrative models can influence organizational change. Drawing on compelling institutional and organizational examples, the book scores highly for logic of argument and clarity of exposition. Rich in concepts, it offers a unique perspective on change management; every page has something fascinating and important to say. -- John Hassard, Alliance Manchester Business SchoolI started out thinking this was the best business book I have ever read. I was wrong. It’s the best book I’ve ever read. Period. -- LoNita Sharp, global HR professionalTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPrefaceIntroduction1. No Place to Hide2. Talking Narratives3. How the Change Model Emerged4. Applying the Model5. The Narrative Stranglehold6. Enacting New Narratives7. Narrative Selection Versus Narrative Construction8. Narratives as a Way to Organize9. A Narrative for You10. Big Ideas and Narrative ModesConclusionNotesReferencesIndex
£19.80
Penguin Books Ltd Texas Death Row
Book SynopsisBill Crawford is a writer and media producer in Austin, Texas. A contributer to the Austin Chronicle and Texas Monthly, he has appeared on CNN, the History Channel, Fox & Friends, and numerous NPR programs, including Fresh Air and Morning Edition.
£15.29
Oxford University Press The Death Penalty A Worldwide Perspective
Book SynopsisThe fifth edition of this highly praised study charts and explains the progress that continues to be made towards the goal of worldwide abolition of the death penalty. The majority of nations have now abolished the death penalty and the number of executions has dropped in almost all countries where abolition has not yet taken place. Emphasising the impact of international human rights principles and evidence of abuse, the authors examine how this has fuelled challenges to the death penalty and they analyse and appraise the likely obstacles, political and cultural, to further abolition. They discuss the cruel realities of the death penalty and the failure of international standards always to ensure fair trials and to avoid arbitrariness, discrimination and conviction of the innocent: all violations of the right to life. They provide further evidence of the lack of a general deterrent effect; shed new light on the influence and limits of public opinion; and argue that substituting for thTrade ReviewThis book is a remarkable achievement and will appeal not just to those studying or working in this area, but to anyone who is interested in learning about the death penalty, based on the facts. * Seema Kandelia, Nordic Journal of Human Rights *Table of ContentsIntroduction ; 1. The Abolitionist Movement: Progress and Prospects ; 2. In the Vanguard of Abolition ; 3. Where Capital Punishment Remains Contested ; 4. The Scope of Capital Punishment in Law ; 5. The Death Penalty in Reality: The Process of Execution and the Death Row Experience ; 6. Excluding the Vulnerable from Capital Punishment ; 7. Protecting the Accused and Ensuring Due Process ; 8. Deciding Who Should Die: Problems of Inequity, Arbitrariness, and Racial Discrimination ; 9. The Question of Deterrence ; 10. A Question of Opinion or a Question of Principle? ; 11. The Challenge of a Suitable Replacement ; Appendices ; Bibliography ; Cases Cited ; Index
£74.00
Penguin Putnam Inc Seventy Times Seven
Book Synopsis“Alex Mar’s bold yet sensitive account of one of America’s youngest death row inmates—and the people whose lives she forever changed—is intimately reported, deeply moving, and unforgettable.” —Robert Kolker, New York Times bestselling author of Hidden Valley Road“An absorbing work of social history and a story about the mystery and miracle of forgiveness. This is a book of awesome scope, and it deserves to be read with attention.” —Hilary Mantel, Booker Prize–winning author of the Wolf Hall trilogyA masterful, revelatory work of literary non-fiction about a teenage girl’s shocking crime—and its extraordinary aftermathOn a spring afternoon in 1985 in Gary, Indiana, a fifteen-year-old girl kills an elderly woman in a violent home invasion. In a city with a history of racial tensions and white flight, the girl, Paula Cooper, is Black, and her victim, Ruth Pelke, is wh
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Harvard University Press Inferno
Book SynopsisRobert Ferguson diagnoses all parts of a massive, out-of-control punishment regime. Turning the spotlight on the plight of prisoners, he asks the American people, Do we want our prisons to be this way? Acknowledging the suffering of prisoners and understanding what punishers do when they punish are the first steps toward a better, more just system.
£24.26
Princeton University Press Forgiveness Work
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the Herbert Jacob Book Prize, Law and Society Association""Honorable Mention for the Clifford Geertz Book Award, Society for the Anthropology of Religion""Honorable Mention for the Association for Political and Legal Anthropology Book Prize in Critical Anthropology""An impressive achievement which combines ethnography, law and philosophy to propose a sensitive and informed account of a phenomenon reflecting the complexities of the Iranian society while at the same time accompanying its transformations. It is also an important contribution to the law-and-society theory."---Baudouin Dupret, Arab Law Quarterly
£85.00
Princeton University Press Against the Death Penalty
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The History Press Ltd Hanged at Durham
Book SynopsisFor decades the walls of Durham Gaol have contained some of the country's most infamous criminals. Until hanging was abolished in the 1960s it was also the main centre of execution for convicted killers from all over the north east. A total of 76 people took the short walk to the gallows here. This book features each of the 76 cases.
£14.39
The History Press Ltd Hanged at Liverpool
Book SynopsisOver the years the high walls of Liverpool''s Walton Gaol have contained some of the most infamous criminals from the north of England. Taking over from the fearsome Kirkdale House of Correction as the main centre of execution for Liverpool and other parts of Lancashire and neighbouring counties, a total of sixty-two murderers paid the ultimate penalty here. The history of execution at Walton began with the hanging of an Oldham nurse in 1887, and over the next seventy years many infamous criminals took the short walk to the gallows here. They include Blackburn child killer Peter Griffiths, whose guilt was secured following a massive fingerprint operation; Liverpool''s Sack Murderer George Ball; George Kelly, since cleared of the Cameo Cinema murders, as well as scores of forgotten criminals: soldiers, gangsters, cut-throat killers and many more.Steve Fielding has fully researched all these cases, and they are collected here in one volume for the first time. Infamous executioners also played a part in the gaol''s history. James Berry of Bradford was the first to officiate here, followed in due course by the Billington family of Bolton, Rochdale barber John Ellis and three members of the well-known Pierrepoint family, whose names appeared on the official Home Office list for over half a century. In 1964 one of the last two executions in the county took place at Liverpool. Fully illustrated with photographs, new cuttings and engravings, Hanged at Liverpool is bound to appeal to anyone interested in the darker side of both Liverpool and the north of England''s history.
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The History Press Ltd A Century of Welsh Murders and Executions
Book SynopsisA Century of Welsh Murders and Executions brings together thirty-six murderous tales that shocked not only Wales but also made national headlines. This fascinating new book by crime historian John J. Eddleston covers every twentieth century murder committed in Wales which resulted in a judicial execution. They include the case of William Augustus Lacey, who killed his young wife with a razor in a fit of jealously at Pontypridd in 1900; baby farmer Rhoda Willis, the first woman to be hanged at Cardiff Prison, in 1907; Eric Lange, who brutally murdered the landlord of the Bridgend Hotel, Pentre, in 1904; and Thomas Ronald Lewis Harries, who murdered both his uncle and aunt and buried them in a shallow grave on a farm at Llangynin in 1954. John J. Eddleston''s carefully researched, well-illustrated and enthralling text will appeal to anyone interested in the shady side of Welsh history, and should give much food for thought. It is the definitive book on capital crimes in the Principality.
£13.49
The History Press Ltd Hanged at Manchester
Book SynopsisFor decades the high walls of Manchester''s Strangeways Prison have contained some of England''s most infamous criminals. Until hanging was abolished in the 1960s it was also the main centre of execution for convicted murderers from all parts of the north west. The history of execution at Manchester began with the hanging of a young Salford man, convicted of murdering a barman on Boxing Day 1868: he was the first of 100 murderers to pay the ultimate penalty here.Over the next ninety-five years many infamous criminals took the short walk to the gallows. They included Dr Buck Ruxton, who butchered his wife and maid; John Jackson, who escaped from Strangeways after murdering a prison warder; Walter Rowland, hanged for the murder of a prostitute and the only man to occupy the condemned cell at Strangeways twice; Chung Yi Miao, who strangled his wife on their honeymoon; and Oldham teenager Ernie Kelly, whose execution almost caused a riot outside the prison. Also included are the stories behind scores of lesser-known criminals: poisoners, spurned lovers, cut-throat killers, and many more.Steve Fielding has fully researched all these cases, and they are collected together here in one volume for the first time. Infamous executioners also played their part in the gaol''s history: Calcraft, Marwood, Binns and Berry all officiated here, as did many local men: Bolton hangman James Billington and his sons, Rochdale barber John Ellis, and Manchester publicans Albert Pierrepoint and Harry Allen. Fully illustrated with rare photographs, documents and news-cuttings, Hanged at Manchester is bound to appeal to anyone interested in the darker side of the north west of England''s history.
£16.19
The History Press Ltd Hanged at Leeds
Book SynopsisFor decades the high walls of Leeds''s Armley Gaol have contained many infamous criminals. Until hanging was abolished in the 1960s Armley was also the main centre of execution for convicted killers from all parts of Yorkshire and the east coast. The history of execution at Leeds began in September 1864 when two men were hanged side by side outside the front gates. Over the next hundred years a further ninety-one men and women paid the ultimate penalty here. They include notorious cat burglar and killer Charles Peace; Emily Swann and her lover John Gallagher, hanged together for the murder of her husband; two young army deserters executed for the brutal slaying of a Pontefract shopkeeper; along with gangland thugs from Sheffield, spurned lovers, cut-throat murderers and many more. Steve Fielding has fully researched all these cases, and they are collected here in one volume for the first time. Fully illustrated with photographs, drawings, news cuttings and rare documents, Hanged at Leeds is bound to appeal to anyone interested in the shadier side of Yorkshire''s history.
£13.49
The History Press Ltd Hanged at Birmingham
Book SynopsisFor decades the high walls of Birmingham''s Winson Green Gaol have contained some of the country''s most infamous criminals. Until hanging was abolished in the 1960s it was also the main centre of execution for convicted killers from all parts of the Midlands. The history of execution at Winson Green Gaol began in 1885 with the execution of Henry Kimberley, who had shot dead a woman in a Birmingham public house. Over the next seventy-five years many notorious killers took the short walk to the gallows here. They include the poisoner ''nurse'' Dorothea Waddingham, IRA terrorists Peter Barnes and James Richards, and child-killer Horace Carter. Winson Green also saw the execution of Stanley Hobday, the West Bromwich murderer apprehended following a pioneering nationwide appeal on the BBC wireless; former police officer James Power, who committed a brutal murder in the shadow of the prison walls; ruthless Staffordshire killer Leslie Green, who battered to death his former employer, and Ern
£13.49
The History Press Ltd Hanged at Gloucester
Book SynopsisThis book gathers together the stories of the 123 prisoners who were executed at Gloucester between 1792, when the first prisoner was hanged on the roof over the entrance gate of the newly-built prison, and 1939, when the last convict was executed within the prison''s walls. Infamous cases include the Berkeley poachers who shot and killed the Earl of Berkeley''s gamekeeper; Rebecca Worlock, who poisoned her husband with arsenic; notorious robbers Matthew and Henry Pinnell; Charlotte Long, the last woman to be hanged for arson in England; and Herbert Rowse Armstrong, the Hay-on-Wye solicitor who was found guilty of poisoning his wife and attempting to murder a fellow solicitor. Famous executioners - including William Calcraft, William Marwood, William Billington and the Pierrepoints - also played their part in the history of the prison. Also included in this volume is an appendix listing all the men and women hanging at Over, near Gloucester, between 1731 and 1790. Fully illustrated, Ha
£16.19
The History Press Ltd Hanged at Norwich
Book SynopsisHanged at Norwich
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The History Press Ltd Execution
Book SynopsisJudicial hanging is regarded by many as being the quintessentially British execution. However, many other methods of capital punishment have been used in this country; ranging from burning, beheading and shooting to crushing and boiling to death. Execution: A History of Capital Punishment in Britain explores these types of execution in detail. Readers may be surprised to learn that a means of mechanical decapitation, the Halifax Gibbet, was being used in England five hundred years before the guillotine was invented. Boiling to death was a prescribed means of execution in this country during the Tudor period. From the public death by starvation of those gibbeted alive, to the burning of women for petit treason, this book examines some of the most gruesome passages of British history. This carefully researched, well-illustrated and enthralling text will appeal to those interested in the history of British executions.
£22.92
McFarland & Co Inc The Death Penalty in the United States A Complete
Book Synopsis The death penalty landscape has changed considerably since the 1998 first edition of this book. For example, six states that had the death penalty--Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, New Mexico and New York--no longer impose the punishment. Some of the changes set out in this second edition involve discussions of all of the significant cases decided by the United States Supreme Court after 1998, including Roper v. Simmons, 543 U.S. 551 (2005); Atkins v. Virginia, 536 U.S. 304 (2002); Schriro v. Smith, 126 S.Ct. 7 (2005); Harbison v. Bell, 129 S.Ct. 1481 (2009); Holmes v. South Carolina, 126 S.Ct. 1727 (2006); Kansas v. Marsh, 126 S.Ct. 2516 (2006); Ring v. Arizona, 536 U.S. 584 (2002); Sattazahn v. Pennsylvania, 537 U.S. 101 (2003). This new edition includes 13 new chapters. They cover such topics as capital felon''s defense team; habeas corpus, coram nobis and section 1983 proceedings; the Innocence proteTrade ReviewReviews of the first edition: ""a great contribution...highly informative...highly recommended"" - Choice ""clear and coherent guide...highly recommended"" - ARBA
£45.60
Fordham University Press Killing Times
Book SynopsisGrounded in a deep ethical and political commitment to death penalty abolition, Wills’s engaging and powerfully argued book pushes beyond the confines of legal argument to show how the technology of capital punishment defines and appropriates the instant of death and reconfigures the whole of human mortality.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 1. Machinery of Death or Machinic Life 17 2. The Time of the Trap Door 54 3. The Future Anterior of Blood 87 4. Spirit Wind 119 5. Drone Penalty 150 6. Lam Time 185 Appendix: U.S. Supreme Court Cases Cited 217 Acknowledgments 219 Notes 221 Index 253
£27.90
Fordham University Press Killing Times The Temporal Technology of the
Book SynopsisGrounded in a deep ethical and political commitment to death penalty abolition, Wills’s engaging and powerfully argued book pushes beyond the confines of legal argument to show how the technology of capital punishment defines and appropriates the instant of death and reconfigures the whole of human mortality.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 1. Machinery of Death or Machinic Life 17 2. The Time of the Trap Door 54 3. The Future Anterior of Blood 87 4. Spirit Wind 119 5. Drone Penalty 150 6. Lam Time 185 Appendix: U.S. Supreme Court Cases Cited 217 Acknowledgments 219 Notes 221 Index 253
£80.75
Rowman & Littlefield The Death Penalty and U.S. Diplomacy
Book SynopsisThis unique book examines how U.S. domestic policy regarding the death penalty has been influenced by international pressures, in particular, by foreign nations and international organizations. International pressure has mounted against America's use of the death penalty, straining diplomatic ties. U.S. policies that endorse the execution of juveniles, the mentally handicapped, and disadvantaged foreign nationals have been recognized by allied nations and international organizations as human rights abuses and violation of international law. Further, organizations such as the United Nations and Amnesty International have issued scathing reports revealing racial bias and fundamental procedural flaws in almost every phase of the judicial process in capital cases. International pressures directed at governmental entities, in particular specific states such as Texas, can have a profound impact on governmental operational efficiency and public opinion and effectively render capital punishmenTrade ReviewKendall and Siracusa’s study is a unique contribution to our understanding of death penalty policy in the United States and, more specifically, the role of international actors in influencing that policy. . . . One can sense the respective expertise and backgrounds of Kendall and Siracusa in the text. . . . [T]he series of detailed case studies presented by the authors gives the reader concrete and detailed insight into the influence of specific international actors at a variety of levels of the judicial and policy processes. Such details are the greatest strength of the study. Taken together, they offer fascinating and sometimes surprising insight into the sheer number and varied nature of international interventions into U.S. death penalty policy and practice, in defense of both individuals and broader laws, norms and principles. Such interventions will be of great interest not only to scholars of death penalty policy and practice, but also to scholars of international relations and U.S. foreign policy more broadly. * Australian Journal of Human Rights *Historians have paid little attention to how the U.S.’s death penalty policy is linked to the nation’s diplomacy. Multiple issues arise when a foreign national is entangled in the American legal process or in the diplomatic battle over extradition. Since most other nations have outlawed the death penalty, Washington often finds it necessary to take the death penalty off the table when seeking extradition of a foreign national. This book enjoys exceptionally thorough research, visits all aspects of the issue in well-organized chapters, and benefits immensely from the partnership of an accomplished scholar of American criminal and international law and a distinguished historian of American foreign affairs. -- Richard Dean BurnsAt a time when United States death penalty policy is increasingly out of step with global opinion and international law, Kendall and Siracusa have produced an inspired study of the foreign policy dimensions of death penalty policy. The book not only reveals new dimensions of death penalty policy and politics, but is a groundbreaking study of the global-local nexus. It’s conclusions regarding institutional responsiveness to specific forms of foreign intervention and influence have a significance that goes well beyond this specific policy issue. -- Jason Flanagan, Assistant Professor International Studies, University of Canberra, AustraliaTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. International Influence on U. S. Judicial Policymaking 3. Public Opinion, the Death Penalty and International Influence 4. Foreign Actors, U. S. Bureaus and Death Penalty Policies 5. Foreign Consul Influence on Death Penalty Policies 6. U. S. Death Penalty Policy and International Litigation 7. Extradition and U. S Death Penalty Policies 8. Conclusion Selected Bibliography
£70.20
New York University Press Killing McVeigh
Book SynopsisDemonstrates the importance of understanding what closure really is before naively asserting it can or has been reached.Trade Review"This is an important book . . . . Madeira's thoughts on closure and the workings of memory are provocative, interesting, and deserve attention." * Choice *"Madeira proves a sensitive, nuanced, and empathetic witness to the painful journeys of the [Oklahoma City] survivors' and victims' families." * Contemporary Psychology *"Killing McVeighconfronts us with a kind of reality that few of us ever experience. What Madeira achieves is the appreciation of a reality that is at once known and unknown. She accomplishes this through the painstaking detailing of survivors' narratives, making it more difficult for us to hold this knowledge at a distance so we remain safe, untouched by tragedy. Her work reminds us that we are never completely beyond the reach of terror and once traumatized, the wounds are there and unremitting. Yet, she does not leave us without hope. Madeira's detailed, first [hand] narratives of grief and adaptation provide a very personal view . . . of resoluteness, situated in one of the most disturbing chapters of our collective history." -- Ronald C. Naso"Clearly written and persuasive, this is an important contribution to the literature of closure." -- Harry Charles * Library Journal *"Everyone seems to have an opinion about whether the execution of murderers can offer 'closure' to the victims loved ones. Finally, we have a study that has investigated the largest, most media-saturated mass murder and execution in recent timesthe Oklahoma City bombing and the execution of Timothy McVeigh. Madeiras in-depth, fair-minded, and sensitive account opens a window for us into the struggles of those affected and explores the complicated role that our public institutions of criminal justice play in the complex and difficult work of reconstructing life after atrocity." -- Carol Steiker,Henry J. Friendly Professor of Law, Harvard Law School"Intense yet compassionate, Killing McVeigh is a window into the horror, trauma and outrage experienced by the survivors and family members of the 168 victims murdered in the Oklahoma City bombing.This important volume thoughtfully chronicles the challenges encountered in the victims' quest for healing, testifies to the importance of attending to anger and grieving, and affirms the continuation of life in the aftermath of murder and loss. Madeira provides us with a blueprint for reengaging with closure and healing, penetrating glib rhetoric to chronicle both the blessings of friendship and community and the wrenching experiences of incessant media crisis coverage and capital proceedings, while identifying new challenges that confront us in this age of terrorism." -- Sister Helen Prejean,author of Dead Man Walking""Sixteen years after the horror of the Oklahoma City bombing, it may now be possible to examine that dark day with some objectivity. In Killing McVeigh, Professor Madeira offers a faithful account of what followed through the words of victims and survivors. Her analysis shows how the death penalty forced so much energy and focus to be put on McVeigh, and how difficult it is to make sense of such a tragedy." -- Richard C. Dieter,Executive Director, Death Penalty Information Center"Madeira's book does a great service to the nation because it helps explain, using a tragedy and a trial we all remember, how differently victims of crime react to the legal process that takes hold in a high-profile case." * The Atlantic *"Important, comprehensive, and insightful analysis." * Rutgers *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments The Oklahoma City Bombing: A Time Line Preface Part I: Blood Relations 1 "A Rude Awakening": The Origins of the Victim-Offender Relationship 2 "He Broke into My Life": Experiencing the Victim-Offender Relationship 3 Opening Up "Closure": Redefining a Controversial Term Part II: Traumas and Trials 4 "We Come Here to Remember": Joining Advocacy Groups 5 "God Bless the Media": Negotiating News Coverage 6 "Making Sure Justice Was Served": Pursuing Accountability Part III: The Road to Execution 7 Emotion on Trial: Prosecuting Timothy McVeigh 8 Reaching Law's Limits: Trying Terry Nichols and Welcoming the McVeigh Jury to Oklahoma City 9 The Storm before the Calm: Awaiting McVeigh's Execution 10 The Weight of an Impossible World: McVeigh Confronts His Public Image vi | Contents 11 Done to Death: The Execution and the End of the Victim-Offender Relationship Conclusion: McVeigh Memorialized Appendix: Methodology Notes Index About the Author
£23.74
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC All the Living and the Dead: An Exploration of
Book Synopsis‘A superlative piece of writing... provocative, loving and profound’ THE TIMES ‘Without exaggeration, an awe-inspiring achievement’ NIGELLA LAWSON ‘Moving, funny, and liable to unexpectedly cause me to tear up’ NEIL GAIMAN An Irish Times Book of the Year In this profoundly moving and remarkable book, journalist Hayley Campbell explores society’s attitudes towards death, and the impact on those who work with it every day. ‘If the reason we’re outsourcing this burden is because it’s too much for us,’ she asks, ‘how do they deal with it?’ Would facing death directly make us fear it less? Inspired by her own childhood fascination with the subject, she meets embalmers and a former death row executioner, mass fatality investigators and a bereavement midwife. She talks to gravediggers who have already dug their own graves and questions a man whose job it is to make crime scenes disappear. Through Campbell’s incisive and candid interviews with people who see death every day, she asks: Does seeing death change you as a person? And are we all missing something vital by letting death remain hidden? ‘Essential, compassionate, honest’ Audrey Niffenegger, author of THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE ‘Never macabre... poignant... Transformative’ FINANCIAL TIMESTrade ReviewHayley Campbell is working out a philosophy of death by getting close to it; holding it; asking interesting questions of people who spend their lives dealing with it. This is an essential, compassionate, honest examination of how we deal with death, and how it changes the living. -- Audrey NiffeneggerCampbell weaves judicious reflections on the philosophy and history of the death industry into the reportage... Never macabre... poignant... Transformative * Financial Times *This is an absorbing and important book, seeking out stories so many shy away from and telling them with such respect, humanity, heart and, yes, wit. Without exaggeration, an awe-inspiring achievement -- Nigella LawsonThe book's tour de force is the chapter on the technicians who prepare bodies for autopsy at St Thomas's Hospital in London. It is a superlative piece of writing, one of the best essays I have read in a long time: provocative, loving and profound -- Helen Rumbelow * The Times *This book about death and about the people whose jobs and whose lives are dealing with death is moving, funny, and liable to unexpectedly cause me to tear up, reading it.... A gentle book and, like death itself, sometimes an unexpectedly kind one -- Neil GaimanCampbell is a gorgeous writer, capturing the exquisite pathos and gallows humor found in folks who spend their lives working with the dead -- Caitlin Doughty, New York Times bestselling author of Smoke Gets in Your EyesAn extraordinary journey, through scenes and characters so chilling they have their own crystalline beauty. The writing is finely felt and full of life, Campbell always finding a way to look through horror, to see humanity. So many of the images in it are heart-stopping - and by the end I was surprised to find myself sobbing. It's superb -- Rhik Samadder, author of Sunday Times bestseller, I Never Said I Loved YouA compassionate and compelling book. Fascinating and devastating in equal measure -- Charlie Gilmour, author of FeatherhoodHayley Campbell is one of Death World's most important voices. Her compassion for the living and the dead stands out amongst the endless authors currently writing about death and dying. All the Living and the Dead is an extremely important book for anyone interested in what happens to a person after they die. I really think everyone should read it in order to appreciate the respect all the invisible workers tasked with handling the dead demonstrate every day -- Dr John TroyerI spent New Year devouring this book. Essential reading if you’re a human person in possession of a life. A fascinating, searingly honest & unexpectedly tender look at those who take care of us in death. I badly needed to read this -- Tuppence MiddletonAn intriguing, candid, and frequently poignant book that asks what the business of death can teach all of us in the midst of life. Readers will form a connection with Campbell's voice as intimate as her own relationship with mortality -- Lindsey Fitzharris, author of The FacemakerThis is a brave tour through the valley of the shadow. I am happy to welcome Hayley Campbell to the Death community -- Catharine Arnold, author of Necropolis London and its DeadCampbell’s fascinating study of the manifold workers who do lay hands on the dead is eye-opening... A book about corpses might seem like a downer. Worse, the subject risks creating melodrama or glib horror out of grief. But All the Living and the Dead is surprisingly cheerful, even life-affirming. This is partly thanks to Campbell’s open-hearted, observant style of writing, which manages to be vivid without sensationalizing the horrors she records * TLS *I was blown away by Hayley Campbell’s All the Living and the Dead, her hands-on reportage of professions in the death industry * Irish Times 'Best Books of 2022' *
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Random House The Far Side of the Moon
Book SynopsisClive Stafford Smith is a lawyer specialising in defending those accused of the most serious crimes, and is founder and Director of UK non-profit the Justice League, and formerly founded and worked at Reprieve. Based in the US for twenty-six years, he now works from the UK where he continues to defend prisoners on Death Row, and challenges the continued incarceration of those held in secret prisons around the world. He has secured the release of 85 prisoners from Guantánamo Bay and still acts for several more. His book Bad Men (shortlisted for the 2008 Orwell Prize) described this campaign. Alongside many other awards, in 2000 he received an OBE for 'humanitarian services'. His second book Injustice was shortlisted for the 2013 Orwell Prize and the CWA Non-Fiction Dagger.
£10.44
University of Massachusetts Press Who Deserves to Die?: Constructing the Executable
Book SynopsisHow do we select those who will be subject to capital punishment? How do we identify the worst of the worst and decide who among them can and should be executed? This brings together a distinguished group of death penalty scholars to assess the forms of legal subjectivity and legal community that are supported and constructed by the doctrines and practices of punishment by death in the US.
£34.54
powerHouse Books,U.S. I Refuse For The Devil To Take My Soul: Inside
Book SynopsisA glimpse into life with mental illness behind bars.
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The New Press A Descending Spiral: Exposing the Death Penalty
Book SynopsisPowerful, wry essays offering modern takes on a primitive practice, from one of our most widely read death penalty abolitionists As Ruth Bader Ginsburg has noted, people who are well represented at trial rarely get the death penalty. But as Marc Bookman shows in a dozen brilliant essays, the problems with capital punishment run far deeper than just bad representation. Exploring prosecutorial misconduct, racist judges and jurors, drunken lawyering, and executing the innocent and the mentally ill, these essays demonstrate that precious few people on trial for their lives get the fair trial the Constitution demands. Today, death penalty cases continue to capture the hearts, minds, and eblasts of progressives of all stripes—including the rich and famous (see Kim Kardashian’s advocacy)—but few people with firsthand knowledge of America’s “injustice system” have the literary chops to bring death penalty stories to life. Enter Marc Bookman. With a voice that is both literary and journalistic, the veteran capital defense lawyer and seven-time Best American Essays “notable” author exposes the dark absurdities and fatal inanities that undermine the logic of the death penalty wherever it still exists. In essays that cover seemingly “ordinary” capital cases over the last thirty years, Bookman shows how violent crime brings out our worst human instincts—revenge, fear, retribution, and prejudice. Combining these emotions with the criminal legal system’s weaknesses—purposely ineffective, arbitrary, or widely infected with racism and misogyny—is a recipe for injustice. Bookman has been charming and educating readers in the pages of The Atlantic, Mother Jones, and Slate for years. His wit and wisdom are now collected and preserved in A Descending Spiral.Trade ReviewPraise for A Descending Spiral:“Essays from one of America’s most prominent death penalty abolitionists. . . . Bookman creates a clear, comprehensive portrait of a broken system, and the cases he highlights make for fascinating reading.”—Kirkus Reviews“With lucid prose and a firm grasp of history and legal precedent, Bookman makes a persuasive argument that these dozen cases are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to death penalty injustices. This is a cogent and harrowing primer on what’s wrong with capital punishment.”—Publishers Weekly“An absorbing, stirring work. . . . Readers interested in the death penalty and injustice in the U.S. criminal justice system, as well as those who enjoyed Bryan Stevenson’s Just Mercy, will appreciate this title.”—Library Journal“In A Descending Spiral: Exposing the Death Penalty in 12 Essays, Marc Bookman provides such entertainment as he lays out the many ways the American judicial system fails to safeguard the rights of those accused of capital crimes.”—The Provincetown Independent “In twelve compelling essays . . . Bookman makes a clear and irrefutable case for the U.S. to join in banning a punishment relegated by so many other nations to the annals of the past.”—Rain Taxi“No one covers the defects of our nation’s criminal justice system more forcefully or eloquently than Marc Bookman.”—Robert Atwan, series editor of The Best American Essays“In these remarkable essays, Bookman achieves a dispassion that is more incisive and compelling than any overt advocacy. His gift for exquisite irony and his spare, trenchant prose are the perfect tools for exposing the injustices of a legal system that kills haphazardly. Sharpest writing on the death penalty since Koestler and Camus.”—Anthony Amsterdam, university professor emeritus at New York University School of Law“Bookman’s essays eloquently condemn capital punishment in America. They expose the cruelty and injustice that it imposes on the soul of America and point us toward a healing for which our country yearns.”—Alfre Woodard, actress, producer, and political activist“Marc Bookman has been writing exquisitely about the cruelty and absurdity of our criminal justice system for years. In this moving series of essays, he weaves in the context and history of our barbaric capital punishment regime and the ways discrimination and bigotry have upheld the system that exists today. A devastating and illuminating book.”—Josie Duffy Rice, president, The Appeal“As one of America’s premier capital defense attorneys, Bookman has dedicated his life to celebrating the humanity of those citizens we most want to forget. Here, he weaves an unflinching portrait of twelve cases that illustrate in painful detail why the death penalty remains one of the greatest stains on the moral fabric of our society. These essays will make your blood run cold.”—Tony Goldwyn, actor, director, and producer
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Comparative Capital Punishment
Book SynopsisComparative Capital Punishment offers a set of in-depth, critical and comparative contributions addressing death practices around the world. Despite the dramatic decline of the death penalty in the last half of the twentieth century, capital punishment remains in force in a substantial number of countries around the globe. This research handbook explores both the forces behind the stunning recent rejection of the death penalty, as well as the changing shape of capital practices where it is retained. The expert contributors address the social, political, economic, and cultural influences on both retention and abolition of the death penalty and consider the distinctive possibilities and pathways to worldwide abolition. Scholars in the fields of law, sociology, political science and history, as well as human rights lawyers, abolitionists, law makers and judges who wish to remain up-to-date on changing death penalty practices will need Comparative Capital Punishment on their reading list. Contributors include: S.L. Babcock, S. Bae, R.C. Dieter, B.L. Garrett, E. Girling, C. Hoyle, P. Jabbar, S. Lehrfreund, D. Lourtau, B. Malkani, M. Miao, A. Nazir, A. Novak, K. Pant, D. Pascoe, A. Sarat, M. Sato, W. Schabas, C.S. Steiker, J.M. Steiker, J. Yorke Trade Review'The kaleidoscopic contributions to this book provide more comparative insight into capital punishment than any other volume. The Steikers have recruited an all-star team of writers, and they have delivered on everything from methods of execution and miscarriages of justice to capital clemency and international norms. If you want to think better about the death penalty's past, present, and future, read this magnificent book.' --David T. Johnson, University of Hawaii and co-author of The Next Frontier: National Development, Political Change, and the Death Penalty in AsiaTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction: international perspectives on the death penalty Richard C. Dieter Part I Substantive Law 2. Deserving of death: the changing scope of capital offenses in an age of death penalty decline Delphine Lourtau 3. Deciding who lives and who dies: eligibility for capital punishment under national and international law Sandra L. Babcock Part II Procedural Law 4. Extradition and non-refoulement Bharat Malkani 5. An unfair fight for justice: legal representation of persons facing the death penalty Sandra L. Babcock 6. Towards a global theory of capital clemency incidence Daniel Pascoe Part III Administration 7. Imposing a ‘mandatory’ death penalty: a practice out of sync with evolving standards Parvais Jabbar 8. Methods of execution: the American story in comparative perspective Austin Sarat and Keshav Pant 9. Capital punishment at the intersections of discrimination and disadvantage: the plight of foreign nationals Carolyn Hoyle 10. Innocence and the global death penalty Brandon L. Garrett Part IV Institutions 11. International law and the abolition of the death penalty William Schabas 12. The role of institutions in the norm life cycle: the United Nations and the anti–capital punishment norm Sangmin Bae 13. Regional institutions and death penalty abolition: comparative perspectives and their discontents Evi Girling 14. Undoing the British colonial legacy: the judicial reform of the death penalty Saul Lehrfreund Part V The Future of the Death Penalty 15. Reframing the debate on attitudes towards the death penalty Mai Sato 16. Pulling states towards abolitionism: the power of acculturation as a socialization mechanism Michelle Miao 17. Imagining utopia: the global abolition of the death penalty Jon Yorke and Amna Nazir 18. After abolition: the empirical, jurisprudential and strategic legacy of transnational death penalty litigation Andrew Novak 19. Global abolition of capital punishment: contributors, challenges and conundrums Carol S Steiker and Jordan M. Steiker Index
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Edward Elgar The Elgar Companion to Capital Punishment and
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The History Press Ltd Billington: Victorian Executioner
Book Synopsis‘An insightful and gripping account that will take you into the dark but fascinating world of a Victorian executioner.’ – Stewart P. EvansBetween 1884 and 1905 James Billington and his three sons, Thomas, William and John, were responsible for 235 executions in Victorian Great Britain and Ireland. They hanged many notorious murderers, but equally fascinating is the story of the family. Did James really feel he served society and justice, or did this position satisfy something more personal?Billington: Victorian Executioner provides a complete account of the stories behind James Billington’s executions, as well as the real man behind the rope – a man whose business was death. This enthralling biography is an exciting addition to any true crime bookshelf.Trade ReviewAn insightful and gripping account that will take you into the dark but fascinating world of a Victorian executioner. -- Stewart P Evans
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The History Press Ltd Women and the Noose: A History of Female
Book SynopsisTracing the history of female crime and execution from 1726 to 1955, Women and the Noose presents the cases of over fifty women who met their end on the hangman’s gallows. From the criminal act to the execution day itself, the women’s stories illustrate the range of crimes punishable by execution such as petty theft and murder, as well as reactions to the death sentence, including ‘pleading the belly’ as a defence. Richard Clark also discusses the developments in execution methods, from burning at the stake to the short-and long-drop; and the move from the very public hangings to the more dignified private events. Clark’s frank treatment of the executions combined with sympathetic revelations about the women’s private lives makes Women and the Noose a chilling and surprisingly moving read.
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Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH Strafrecht Allgemeiner Teil für Dummies
Book SynopsisHaben Sie sich schon mal gefragt, wer schuldig ist, wenn Anton versucht, Bert zu erstechen, der Krankenwagen, in dem der verletzte Bert liegt, in einen Unfall gerät, und Bert bei diesem Unfall stirbt? Sie sehen, Strafrecht kann ganz schön spannend sein! Im Allgemeinen Teil des Strafrechts geht es um solche Fragen nach Schuld und strafrechtlicher Verantwortlichkeit wie die, nach der Schuld an Berts Tod. Mit anschaulichen Beispielen bringt Felix Herzog Leben in juristische Begriffe wie Schuld, Vorsatz oder Anstiftung. Er erklärt gesetzliche Voraussetzungen für strafbares Verhalten, definiert strafrechtlich erfassbare Verhaltensweisen und widmet sich Fragen der Kausalität.Table of ContentsÜber den Autor 9 Über dieses Buch 21 Teil I: Wichtige Grundlagen des Strafrechts 29 Kapitel 1: Die Begründung und Wirkungsweise von Strafrecht und Strafe 31 Kapitel 2: Begrenzungen des Strafrechts 43 Kapitel 3: Das Straftatsystem – die Vorgehensweise bei der Prüfung von Strafrechtsfällen 55 Teil II: Die Elemente des Tatbestandes: Handlung, Erfolg, Zurechnung, Vorsatz 69 Kapitel 4: Der objektive Tatbestand – Einstiegsvoraussetzung: Handlung 71 Kapitel 5: Die Feststellung des tatbestandsmäßigen Erfolgs 75 Kapitel 6: Ursache und Wirkung – Handlung und Erfolg (Kausalität) 83 Kapitel 7: Die Lehre von der objektiven Zurechnung 99 Kapitel 8: »Nichtstun« als strafbares Verhalten – die Unterlassungsdelikte 109 Kapitel 9: Der objektive Tatbestand der Unterlassungsdelikte 117 Kapitel 10: Der subjektive Tatbestand strafbaren Verhaltens – Vorsatz 123 Teil III: Strafbarkeit bei Verletzung von Sorgfaltspflichten – Fahrlässigkeit 137 Kapitel 11: Die Bestrafung von fahrlässigem Verhalten 139 Kapitel 12: Felder fahrlässigen Verhaltens: Medizin und Straßenverkehr 147 Teil IV: Rechtfertigung/Keine Strafe ohne Schuld 157 Kapitel 13: Grundgedanken und Konstellationen der Rechtfertigung 159 Kapitel 14: Voraussetzungen und Grenzen der Notwehr (§ 32 StGB) 171 Kapitel 15: Rechtfertigung in Notstandslagen 187 Kapitel 16: Einwilligung in die Verletzung 195 Kapitel 17: Irrtümer über die Rechtfertigung 205 Kapitel 18: Keine Strafe ohne Schuld 213 Teil V: Täterschaft und Teilnahme 229 Kapitel 19: Die Abgrenzung von Täterschaft und Teilnahme 231 Kapitel 20: Mittelbare Täterschaft und Mittäterschaft 235 Kapitel 21: Anstiftung 249 Kapitel 22: Beihilfe 255 Kapitel 23: Irrtümer im Rahmen der Tatbeteiligung 261 Teil VI: Versuch und Rücktritt vom Versuch 265 Kapitel 24: Stadien einer Straftat und Voraussetzungen eines strafbaren Versuchs 267 Kapitel 25: Der Rücktritt vom Versuch 283 Teil VII: Der Top-Ten-Teil 291 Kapitel 26: Zehn Tipps, wie Sie eine Strafrechtsklausur bewältigen 293 Kapitel 27: Zehn wichtige Probleme aus dem Strafrecht Allgemeiner Teil 299 Stichwortverzeichnis 305
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