Evolving Standards of Decency
Popular Culture and Capital Punishment
The Supreme Court has looked to evolving standards of decency in determining whether the death penalty violates the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution, which prohibits cruel and unusual punishment. Evolving Standards of Decency examines the ways in which popular culture portrays the death penalty. By analyzing literature and film, Atwell argues that capital punishment becomes much more complex when both offenders and victims are presented as fully developed individuals. Numerous books and films from the last several decades expose flaws in the criminal justice system and provide audiences with stories that raise questions about race, class…
Mehr
CHF 41.90
Preise inkl. MwSt. und Versandkosten (Portofrei ab CHF 40.00)
V136:
Neuauflage/Nachdruck unbestimmt
Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Schultz, Professor David (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-0-8204-6711-5
- EAN: 9780820467115
- Produktnummer: 19038848
- Verlag: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
- Seitenangabe: 178 S.
- Masse: H15.4 cm x B22.8 cm x D1.3 cm 268 g
- Gewicht: 268
- Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)
Über den Autor
The Author: Mary Welek Atwell is Professor of Criminal Justice at Radford University in Virginia. She received her Ph.D. in history from Saint Louis University and is the author of Equal Protection of the Law? Gender and Justice in the United States (Peter Lang, 2002).
5 weitere Werke von Mary Welek Atwell:
Bewertungen
Anmelden