The death penalty : a worldwide perspective / Roger Hood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hood, Roger, 1936-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Capital punishment.

Physical Description:

x, 316 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

Third edition, revised and updated.

Place of Publication:

Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.

Summary:

This is the completely revised and updated third edition of Roger Hood's classic study on the death penalty. In it he surveys and analyses the status of the death penalty as a punishment worldwide, taking into account the changes that have taken place during the six years since the last edition was published. This new edition is especially valuable at a time when more and more countries are joining the movement to abolish the death penalty worldwide.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [265]-293) and index.

ISBN:

0199251290

0199251282

OCLC:

50810181