CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

Softcover. In this book an attempt has been made to assemble the arguments for and against the death penalty and to present some of the facts on which they are based. Most of the readings have not previously been gathered together, and half a dozen have been written specially for inclusion in the compilation. Part I/The Death Penalty, Past & Present; Part II/Movements of Abolition; Part III/The Problem of Deterrence; Part IV/The Death Penalty and Judicial Administration; Part V/Summation. With Notes, Selected Bibliog. and Index. 290pp. softcover. With signs of b/plate removal inside fr. cover, general wear and tear. G. only.