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- Description
- 1 online resource (ix, 334 p.) : ill.
- Summary
- "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"--
- Series Statement
- The Charles Hamilton Houston Institute series on race and justice
- Uniform Title
- Life without parole (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- LCCN
- 2012005678
- OCLC
- ssj0000678196
- Title
Life without parole [electronic resource] : America's new death penalty? / edited by Charles J. Ogletree, Jr., and Austin Sarat.
- Imprint
New York : New York University Press, c2012.
- Series
The Charles Hamilton Houston Institute series on race and justice
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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- Added Author
Ogletree, Charles J., Jr., 1952-2023.
Sarat, Austin.