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Normalizing extreme imprisonment : the case of life without parole in California / Marion Vannier.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vannier, Marion, 1981- author.
- Series:
- Clarendon Studies in Criminology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Corrections--California.
- Corrections.
- Life imprisonment--California.
- Life imprisonment.
- California.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (241 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- A critical examination of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole (LWOP). This book presents a unique case study of the 'normalization' of LWOP and the extent to which groups and individuals within civil society who challenge capital punishment have helped normalize LWOP by fostering the belief that it is humane and merciful.
- Contents:
- The origins of LWOP in California
- Campaigning for LWOP
- Settling and pleading for LWOP
- Prisoners' experiences of LWOP
- Normalizing extreme imprisonment.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-256287-8
- 0-19-186655-5
- 0-19-256286-X
- OCLC:
- 1255236385
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