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Capital punishment / by Melusky, Joseph Anthony.; Pesto, Keith A.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-199) and index.History -- Facts, figures, and methods of execution -- The United States Constitution and capital punishment -- Arguments for and against the death penalty
Subjects: Capital punishment;
© c2011., Greenwood,
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Ultimate punishment : a lawyer's reflections on dealing with the death penalty / by Turow, Scott.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. [127]-164).
Subjects: Capital punishment; Capital punishment;
© 2003., Farrar, Straus, and Giroux,
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Crime and punishment / by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor,1821-1881.; Garnett, Constance,1861-1946.;
Supreme masterpiece recounts in feverish, compelling tones the story of Raskolnikov, an impoverished student tormented by his own nihilism, and the struggle between good and evil. Believing that he is above the law, and convinced that humanitarian ends justify vile means, he brutally murders an old woman -- a pawnbroker whom he regards as worthless. Overwhelmed afterwards by guilt and terror, Raskolnikov confesses to the crime and goes to prison. There he realizes that happiness and redemption can only be achieved through suffering.Raskolnikov commits murder. He then must deal both with the police, and his own guilty conscience. Determined to overreach his humanity and assert his untrammelled individual will, Raskolnikov, an impoverished student living in the St. Petersburg of the Tsars, commits an act of murder and theft and sets into motion a story which, for its excrutiating suspense, its atmospheric vividness, and its profundity of characterization and vision, is almost unequaled in the literatures of the world. The best known of Dostoevsky's masterpieces, Crime and Punishment can bear any amount of rereading without losing a drop of its power over our imagination.
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Mystery fiction.; Murder; Guilt; Murderers;
© 2011, [1866], Simon & Brown,
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Punished by rewards : the trouble with gold stars, incentive plans, A's, praise, and other bribes / by Kohn, Alfie.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 377-411) and indexes.Skinner-Boxed: The legacy of behaviorism -- Is it right to reward? -- Is it effective to reward? -- The trouble with carrots: Four reasons rewards fail -- Cutting the interest rate: The fifth reason rewards fail -- The praise problem -- Pay for performance: Why behaviorism doesn't work in the workplace -- Lures for learning: Why behaviorism doesn't work in the classroom -- Bribes for behaving: Why behaviorism doesn't help children become good people -- Thank God it's Monday: The roots of motivation in the workplace -- Hooked on learning: The roots of motivation in the classroom -- Good kids without goodies.Criticizes the system of motivating through reward, offering arguments for motivating people by working with them instead of doing things to them.
Subjects: Reward (Psychology); Motivation (Psychology); Behaviorism (Psychology); Behaviorism.; Motivation.; Reward.;
© [1999], Houghton Mifflin Co.,
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Punishment for sale : private prisons, big business, and the incarceration binge / by Selman, Donna,1967-; Leighton, Paul,1964-;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-193) and index.Synopsis : Punishment for Sale is the definitive modern history of private prisons, told through social, economic and political frames. The authors explore the origin of the ideas of modern privatization, the establishment of private prisons, and the efforts to keep expanding in the face of problems and bad publicity. The book provides a balanced telling of the story of private prisons and the resistance they engendered within the context of criminology, and it is intended for supplemental use in undergraduate and graduate courses in criminology, social problems, and race & ethnicity.--[source unknown].Introduction -- America's incarceration binge : the expansion of prisons, budgets, and injustice -- Big government "problem" and the Kentucky fried prison "solution" -- The prison-industrial complex : profits, vested interests, and politics -- Confronting problems : blame prisoners and contracts, then get a bailout -- A critical look at the efficiency and overhead costs of private prisons -- Conclusion : Back to the future -- Appendix : Using the securities and exchange commission website to research private prisons.
Subjects: Corrections; Prisons; Privatization;
© c2010., Rowman & Littlefield Publishers,
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Payback : the case for revenge / by Rosenbaum, Thane.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-301) and index.Introduction -- Running away from revenge -- Just deserts -- The emotions of revenge -- The science of mad -- Why we punish -- Other cultures and revenge -- When self-help is permissible -- Release revenge.Discusses how the desire for revenge is part of human nature and argues that revenge is synonymous with justice."We call it justice--the assassination of Osama bin Laden, the incarceration of corrupt politicians or financiers like Rod Blagojevich and Bernard Madoff, and the climactic slaying of cinema-screen villains by superheroes. But could we not also call it revenge? We are told that revenge is uncivilized and immoral, an impulse that individuals and societies should actively repress and replace with the order and codes of courtroom justice. What, if anything, distinguishes punishment at the hands of the government from a victim's individual desire for retribution? Are vengeance and justice really so very different? No, answers legal scholar and novelist Thane Rosenbaum in Payback: The Case for Revenge--revenge is, in fact, indistinguishable from justice."--Publisher information.
Subjects: Punishment; Revenge.;
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Crime and punishment in America / by Wolcott, David B.; Head, Tom.aut;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 385-404) and index.Old crimes in the New World: 1500-1699 -- A new system of justice: 1700-1789 -- The American experiment: 1790-1829 -- The American city: 1830-1854 -- A nation dissolved: 1855-1869 -- East and West: 1870-1889 -- The Gilded Age and Progressive Era: 1890-1913 -- Bootleggers and G-men: 1914-1933 -- World War II and the Cold War: 1934-1957 -- Civil disobedience and civic reform: 1958-1970 -- A crisis of confidence: 1971-1981 -- Responding to urban crime: 1982-1992 -- Crime and justice as public issues: 1993 to present.Surveys the history of criminal justice and punishment in the United States, drawing on source materials ranging from the 1654 Maryland Public Morality Codes to trial transcripts from the O.J. Simpson Trial.
Subjects: Crime; Criminal justice, Administration of; Punishment; Crime; Administration of criminal justice; Punishment;
© 2010., Checkmark Books,
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The death penalty : beyond the smoke and mirrors / by Heilbrun, Alfred B.,1924-;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-191).section 1. Does the death penalty deter willful killing? -- 1. The interminable debate regarding the death penalty -- 2. The 45-year study of the death penalty and deterrence -- 3. Conceptual lacunae in the deterrence evidence -- section 2. Can the death penalty be fairly implemented? -- 4. Fair practice in adjudicating the death penalty : the issue of race -- 5. Fair practice in adjudicating the death penalty : the issue of gender -- 6. Fair practice in adjudicating the death penalty : mental disorder as a competence issue -- 7. Fair practice in adjudicating the death penalty : mental retardation as a competence issue -- section 3. Putting it all together -- 8. A verdict on the death penalty as a deterrent to murder -- 9. Fairness in adjudicating the death penalty.
Subjects: Capital punishment; Punishment in crime deterrence;
© 2006., University Press of America,
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Capital punishment on trial : Furman v. Georgia and the death penalty in modern America / by Oshinsky, David M.,1944-;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-135) and index."William Furman, an African-American and career criminal, shot and killed a white homeowner during a 1967 burglary in Savannah, Georgia. In short order he was arrested, put on trial, convicted by a nearly all-white jury, and sentenced to death. Furman's attorney, aided by the NAACP, doggedly appealed the verdict all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, which voided Furman's sentence in a highly contentious 5-4 vote. That decision overturned Georgia's capital punishment statute, and by implication all other state death penalty laws, for violating the Eighth amendment's prohibition against "cruel and unusual punishment." Furman, thus, effectively halted capital punishment in the United States. But the reprieve was only temporary, for the decision did not rule the death penalty per se to be unconstitutional; rather it struck down the laws that currently governed its application, leaving the states free to devise new ones that the Court might find acceptable. And that is exactly what happened. Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Oshinsky's compact and insightful study of the case showcases his talent for clarifying the complex and often confusing legal issues that surround a subject as controversial as capital punishment."--Back cover.
Subjects: United States. Supreme Court; Capital punishment; Furman, William Henry; Trials (Murder);
© ©2010., University Press of Kansas,
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The death penalty : a reference handbook / by Melusky, Joseph Anthony.; Pesto, Keith A.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Background and history -- Problems, controversies, and solutions -- Perspectives -- Profiles -- Data and documents -- Resources -- Chronology."This book addresses the myriad controversies and examines the evidence regarding capital punishment in America. It answers questions regarding topics like the efficacy of capital punishment in deterring violent crime, the risks of mistakes, legal issues related to capital punishment, and the monetary costs of keeping inmates on death row. Presents 'Perspectives' from various writers, allowing readers to consider opinions from many informed individuals--including judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys, and professors--who are concerned with capital punishment. Supplies easy-to-understand information for general readers seeking to learn more about the history, purposes, effects, methods, and costs of capital punishment. Provides a balanced, objective discussion of the arguments and complex issues regarding capital punishment, enabling readers to reach their own opinions and conclusions"
Subjects: Capital punishment;
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