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Death penalty mitigation : a handbook for mitigation specialists, investigators, social scientists, and lawyers / José B. Ashford with Melissa Kupferberg.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ashford, José B., author.
- Kupferberg, Melissa, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Capital punishment--United States.
- Capital punishment.
- Sentences (Criminal procedure)--United States.
- Sentences (Criminal procedure).
- Crime--Sociological aspects.
- Crime.
- Criminal behavior--Social aspects--United States.
- Criminal behavior.
- Criminal psychology--United States.
- Criminal psychology.
- Forensic psychology--United States.
- Forensic psychology.
- Social work with criminals--United States.
- Social work with criminals.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This handbook examines theoretical frameworks and concepts from the social sciences with implications for guiding the identification, evaluation, and presentation of mitigation evidence.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- PART ONE: FOUNDATION KNOWLEDGE FOR MITIGATION PRACTICE
- 1. Mitigation practice in death penalty cases
- 2. History of mitigation of punishment
- 3. Mitigation professionals: Roles and responsibilities
- 4. Assessing culpability: The role of background and character
- PART TWO: CONCEPTS AND FRAMEWORKS FOR DEVELOPING MITIGATION EVIDENCE
- 5. Theoretical frameworks and concepts for guiding social history investigations
- 6. Assessing practical rationality and volitional concerns
- 7. Assessing character, criminal propensities, and sociocultural deprivation
- 8. Social frameworks and mitigation of criminal motivations
- Conclusions and research needs
- APPENDIX
- GLOSSARY
- A
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- L
- I
- J
- K
- M
- N
- P
- S
- R
- T
- V
- Z
- REFERENCES
- INDEX.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-971628-5
- OCLC:
- 1061132862
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