Life without parole (Record no. 94432)
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| fixed length control field | 02621nam a2200409 a 4500 |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 364.6/5 |
| 245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Life without parole |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | New York : |
| Name of publisher | New York University Press, |
| Year of publication | 2012. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | ix, 334 p. |
| 490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | Charles Hamilton Houston Institute series on race and justice |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | pt. 1. Life without parole in context -- pt. 2. Prospects for reform. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | "Is life without parole the perfect compromise to the death penalty? Or is it as ethically fraught as capital punishment? This comprehensive, interdisciplinary anthology treats life without parole as "the new death penalty." Editors Charles J. Ogletree, Jr. and Austin Sarat bring together original work by prominent scholars in an effort to better understand the growth of life without parole and its social, cultural, political, and legal meanings. What justifies the turn to life imprisonment? How should we understand the fact that this penalty is used disproportionately against racial minorities? What are the most promising avenues for limiting, reforming, or eliminating life without parole sentences in the United States? Contributors explore the structure of life without parole sentences and the impact they have on prisoners, where the penalty fits in modern theories of punishment, and prospects for (as well as challenges to) reform"-- |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Parole |
| Topical Term | Life imprisonment |
| Topical Term | Capital punishment |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Ogletree, Charles J. |
| Personal name | Sarat, Austin. |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10565444 |
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