{"product_id":"routledge-handbook-on-capital-punishment-9781138651579","title":"Routledge Handbook on Capital Punishment","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCapital punishment is one of the more controversial subjects in the social sciences, especially in criminal justice and criminology. Over the last decade or so, the United States has experienced a significant decline in the number of death sentences and executions. Since 2007, eight states have abolished capital punishment, bringing the total number of states without the death penalty to 19, plus the District of Columbia, and more are likely to follow suit in the near future (Nebraska reinstated its death penalty in 2016). Worldwide, 70 percent of countries have abolished capital punishment in law or in practice. The current trend suggests the eventual demise of capital punishment in all but a few recalcitrant states and countries. Within this context, a fresh look at capital punishment in the United States and worldwide is warranted.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eRoutledge\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eHandbook on Capital Punishment\u003c\/i\u003e comprehensively examines the topic of capital punishment from a wide variety of persp\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe broad range of important themes and topics covered, all in one text, will be a valuable resource for students, researchers, and professionals. The editors have done excellent work in identifying a fairly wide readership and outlining a text that will appeal to that readership…In addition to the book being well-structured and including a range of important themes and issues around capital punishment, the chapters are authored by well-respected scholars. The collection of authors is impressive, and the book is sure to reflect current research and scholarship.\u003c\/strong\u003e – \u003cem\u003eDJ Williams, Idaho State University\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe contents of this compendium demonstrate that the \"withering away\" of the death penalty is a real phenomenon related to, among other things, racial bias, high costs, super-regulation, the failure of juror decision-making, and wrongful conviction errors. The volume also focuses on the hopeful Marshall hypothesis that an educated public is more likely to accept the death penalty's failures. \u003c\/strong\u003e – \u003cem\u003eLeona D. Jochnowitz, in \u003c\/em\u003eCriminal Law Bulletin\u003cem\u003e, Vol. 55, No. 5 (2019)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePART 1: CAPITAL PUNISHMENT: HISTORY, OPINION, AND CULTURE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA. History\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. The American Death Penalty: A Short (But Long) History\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eJohn Bessler, University of Baltimore School of Law \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. Capital Punishment and Lynching\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eMargaret Vandiver, University of Memphis\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eB. Opinion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. Public Opinion About the Death Penalty\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eJames D. Unnever, University of South Florida, Sarasota, Manatee; Leah Butler, University of Cincinnati; Francis Cullen, University of Cincinnati; and Angela Thielo, University of Louisville\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. The Marshall Hypotheses\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eJohn Cochran, University of South Florida\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eC. Culture\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. Media and Capital Punishment\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eMatthew Robinson, Appalachian State University \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6. Popular Media and the Death Penalty: A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Death Penalty in Film\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eMaya Pagni Barak, University of Michigan, Dearborn\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7. Why We Need the Death Penalty\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eAndrew Fulkerson, Southeastern Missouri State University\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePART 2: CAPITAL PUNISHMENT: RATIONALES AND RELIGIOUS VIEWS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA. Rationales\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8. Retribution\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eGeorge Kain, Western Connecticut State University, and Dale Recinella, St. Mary Mother of Mercy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9. General Deterrence and Brutalization\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eGennaro Vito, University of Louisville, and Anthony Vito, University of West Georgia\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10. Incapacitation and Life without Parole\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eJon Sorensen, Texas A\u0026amp;M University, Prairie View, and Thomas Reidy, ABPP\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eB. Religious Views\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11. Christianity and the Death Penalty\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eTobias Winright, St. Louis University\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e12. Judaism and the Death Penalty\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eEdna Erez, University of Illinois at Chicago, and Kathy Laster, Victoria University\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e13. Death Penalty in Sharia Law\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eSanaz Alasti, Lamar University, and Eric Bronson, Lamar University\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART 3: CAPITAL PUNISHMENT AND CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e14. The U.S. Supreme Court and the Death Penalty\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eKatherine Bennett, Armstrong State University, and H. Chris Tecklenberg, Armstrong State University\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e15. Capital Punishment and Aggravating and Mitigating Circumstances\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eCarol Steiker, Harvard Law School, and Jordan Steiker, University of Texas Law School\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e16. Capital Offenders’ Intellectual Disability and \"Insanity\": Excluding and Delaying the Death Penalty \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003ePeggy Tobolowsky, University of North Texas \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART 4: THE DEATH PENALTY’S ADMINISTRATION\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e17. The Financial Costs of the Death Penalty: Examining the Evidence\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eGordon Waldo, Florida State University\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e18. Prosecutors and Capital Punishment\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eStacy Parker, Muskingum University\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e19. Counsel for the Despised and Condemned: Capital Defense Attorneys\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eJeffrey Kirchmeier, City University of New York School of Law \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e20. The Capital Jury and Sentencing: Neither Guided Nor Individualized\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eWanda Foglia, Rowan University, and Marla Sandys, Indiana University Bloomington\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e21. The Penalty Phase of the Capital Murder Trial: A Social-Psychological Analysis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eMark Costanzo, Claremont McKenna College, and Zoey Costanzo, Cornell University \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e22. The Appellate Process in Capital Cases\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eVanessa Woodward Griffin, University of West Georgia, and O. Hayden Griffin III, University of Alabama, Birmingham \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e23. Clemency: Failsafe or Fantasy? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eCathleen Burnett, University of Missouri, Kansas City \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e24. Execution Methods in a Nutshell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eDeborah Denno, Fordham University\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e25. California’s Chaotic Death Penalty\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eStacy Mallicoat, California State University, Fullerton; Brenda L. Vogel, California State University, Long Beach; and David Crawford, Death Penalty Focus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e26. Reflections on the Abattoir - Texas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eDennis Longmire, Sam Houston State University, and Alex Updegrove, Sam Houston State University\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e27. The Federal Death Penalty\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eStephanie Mizrahi, California State University, Sacramento \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e28. The Death Penalty and the United States Armed Forces\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eCatherine Grosso, Michigan State University \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART 5: THE DEATH PENALTY’S CONSEQUENCES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e29. The Topography of Capital Punishment: Geographic Variations in Seeking, Achieving, and Carrying Out the Death Penalty\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eAdam Trahan, University of North Texas; Kaleigh B. Laird, University of North Texas; and Douglas N. Evans, Mercy College\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e30. Age, Class, and Sex Disparities in Capital Punishment\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eEtta Morgan, Jackson State University\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e31. Race and the Death Penalty\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eKristie Blevins, Eastern Kentucky University, and Kevin Minor, Eastern Kentucky University\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e32. Wrongful Capital Convictions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eTalia Roitberg Harmon, Niagara University, and Diana Falco, Niagara University\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e33. Life and Work on Death Row\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eRobert Johnson, American University\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e34. Capital Punishment and Victims’ and Offenders’ Families\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eLynn Pazzani, University of West Georgia\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e35. Capital Punishment’s Co-Victims\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eKyle Burgason, Iowa State University\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e36. Exoneration: Life After Death Row\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eScott Vollum, University of Minnesota, Duluth\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e37. The Demise of the Death Penalty with Special Focus on the United States\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eRobert M. 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