Life Imprisonment : A Global Human Rights Analysis / Dirk van Zyl Smit.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Van Zyl Smit, Dirk, author.

Appleton, Catherine, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Life imprisonment.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (448 pages)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Life imprisonment has replaced the death penalty as the most common sentence imposed for heinous crimes worldwide. Consequently, it has become the leading issue of international criminal justice reform. In the first survey of its kind, Dirk van Zyl Smit and Catherine Appleton argue for a human rights-based reappraisal of this harsh punishment.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

1. Debating Life

2. Describing Life

3. Prevalence of Life

4. Exempt from Life

5. Offenses That Carry Life

6. Imposing Life

7. Doing Life

8. Implementing Life Well

9. Release from Life

10. Life after Life

11. Rethinking Life

Appendix A: Formal Sentences of Life Imprisonment

Appendix B: Numbers of Life-Sentenced Prisoners

Appendix C: Persons Serving Formal Life Sentences by Offense

Notes

Acknowledgments

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 19. Feb 2019)

ISBN:

9780674989115

0674989112

9780674989139

0674989139

OCLC:

1078553133