| Description |
xx, 329 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
American Psychology-Law Society series
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American Psychology-Law Society series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-322) and index. |
| Contents |
Blinded by the death penalty : the Supreme Court and the social realities of capital punishment -- Frameworks of misunderstanding : capital punishment and the American media -- Constructing capital crimes and defendants : death penalty case-specific biases and their effects -- The fragile consensus : public opinion and death penalty policy -- A tribunal organized to convict and execute? : on the nature of jury selection in capital cases -- Preparing for the death penalty in advance of trial : process effects in death-qualifying capital juries -- Structural aggravation : moral disengagement in the capital trial process -- Misguided discretion : instructional incomprehension in the system of death sentencing -- Condemning the other : race, mitigation, and the "empathetic divide" -- No longer tinkering with the machinery of death : proposals for systemic reform -- Concluding thoughts : death is different. |
| Form |
View table of contents on the Internet via the World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Capital punishment -- United States.
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Capital punishment. |
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United States. |
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Capital punishment -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States.
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Capital punishment -- Moral and ethical aspects. |
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Discrimination in capital punishment -- United States.
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Discrimination in capital punishment. |
| ISBN |
0195182405 acid-free paper |
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9780195182408 acid-free paper |
| Standard No. |
9780195182408 |
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