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Does capital punishment deter crime?
Title:
Does capital punishment deter crime?
Author:
Espejo, Roman, 1977-
Publication Information:
San Diego : Greenhaven Press, [2003]

©2003
Physical Description:
74 pages ; 23 cm.
Language:
English
Contents:
Capital punishment reduces murder rates / William Tucker -- Capital punishment does not reduce murder rates / Raymond Bonner and Ford Fessenden -- Capital punishment saves innocent lives / Ernest van den Haag -- Capital punishment encourages the taking of life / Mark Costanzo -- Capital punishment can deter juvenile violence / Chris Lindorfer -- Capital punishment may encourage juvenile violence / Philip Brasfield -- Public executions can maximize the deterrent effect of capital punishment / George J. Bryjak -- Public executions will not deter crime / Paul Finkelman -- Capital punishment protects public safety more effectively than does life imprisonment / Wesley Lowe -- Capital punishment is an ineffective crime control policy / Gary W. Potter -- Arguments for the use of capital punishment as a deterrent are flawed / Ernest Partridge.
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ISBN:
9780737713374

9780737713367
Format :
Book