Acker, J. R. (2014). Questioning Capital Punishment: Law, Policy, and Practice. Rout ledge.
James Acker who is a professor at the University of Albany, has an extensive interest in integrating social science, law and legal doctrine related to criminal law, juvenile justice, and criminal procedure. The book covers the justifications of the death penalty, pros and cons, retribution, deterrence, legislation and practice and post-conviction. The book also touches on the law arbitrariness and race discrimination. The relevance of the book contents to the topic is evident as what it covers is in line with it, including matters of capital punishment, execution, and errors of the law.
Banner, S., & Banner, S. (2009). The death penalty: An American history. Harvard University Press.
The author is a law professor at Norman Abrams law school at UCLA and a legal historian. His
...book offers a historical development of capital punishment his book explores the capital punishment issue, the history of capital punishment in America. It also compares the punishment code with that of England and how the two differ regarding execution. It explains how the death penalty applied to the black slaves and not the whites and how this came to change with time and how the white offenders came to fall victim. The book relates to the topic through its coverage of the subject giving the historical and development of capital punishment.
Bedau, H. A., & Cassell, P. G. (2005). Debating the Death Penalty: Should America Have Capital Punishment? The Experts on Both Sides Make Their Case. Oxford University Press.
Bedau is a philosophy professor, Emeritus at the University of Tufts and editor of the American capital punishment controversies. Cassell is also a professo
at Utah University College of Law and a judge at Utah district court in the US. This volume collects seven judge-experts, prosecutors, lawyers, and law philosophers to discuss the capital punishment aspect. The book offers a civil discussion and an open inquiry on the issue of capital punishment. The book provides the reader details that are thought to provoke from the facets created by the contributors’ reasons for and against the death penalty.
Bohm, R. M. (Ed.). (2008). The death penalty today. CRC Press.
The author is a professor of legal studies and criminal justice at the Central Florida University in Orlando. In the book, he covers much about errors that occur in capital judgments and the possible solutions to them. The book talks about the types of errors in capital punishment, reasons why such errors occur and the possible remedies to solve them. The book is relevant to the topic as it explains how capital punishment can be wrongly executed on innocent persons while offering some statistics when such mistakes happened and the number of individuals affected.
Delfino, M., & Day, M. E. (2009). Death Penalty USA, 2001-2002. MoBeta Publishing.
The two authors are extensive travelers and researchers on matters involving the public and once helped the FBI to investigate a cybercrime involving death threats on California families. Their book is a recount of all capital punishment in the US history and the prisoners executed between 2007 and 2008. The book draws references from original and relevant court cases about the issue of capital punishment. The relevance of the book is on how the various cases and convictions are explored, detailing those with circumstantial evidence more than those based
on confessions.
Dockley, A., & Loader, I. (2013). The Penal Landscape: The Howard League Guide to Criminal Justice in England and Wales. Routledge.
Anita Dockley is an economist, but her works revolve on matters of prison life cases and justice. She has had various responsibilities in the Howard League group such as the assistant director. Loader Ian, on the other hand, is a director in criminology at the Oxford University. Their book is a compilation of ten papers from prominent authors coming up with a penal reform that tire to develop a criminal justice system that is effective to reduce crime victims, diminishes the role of prisons and creates a community that is safe to all. Its relevance on the death penalty is that the book disapproves it by reviewing the eighth amendment of the US laws.
Garland, D., McGowen, R., & Meranze, M. (Eds.). (2011). America's Death Penalty: Between Past and Present. NYU Press.
Garland is a professor of sociology and law at the University of New Yolk. Meranze is a teacher of law at the University of California in Los Angeles while McGowen is a professor at the Oregon University. These authors are all informed on matters of law. Their book explores aspects of proper understanding of capital punishment, capital punishment modes, the death penalty and its history, and the American experience of execution. These issues are all relevant to the topic as they expound more on the capital punishment issue and the American set up of law.
Kronenwetter, M. (2001). Capital punishment: A reference handbook. Abc-clio.
The author is currently a professional writer including the first edition of an encyclopedia about American social issues of the 20th century at ABC-CLIO. His
work involves the application of capital punishment in America, its status internationally and how the issue’s development in other countries affects the nation. The book offers a historical preview, discusses controversies arising from capital punishment and statistics that have biographical sketches. The relevance of the book is that it tries to answer why America still holds on to the issue of capital punishment.
Mandery, E. J. (2011). Capital Punishment in America: A Balanced Examination. Jones & Bartlett Publishers.
The author is a professor of criminology at the New York’s city university. His book is a revised second edition source and offers a comprehensive, balanced and innovative piece of work on capital punishment. The book examines the aspect of capital punishment unbiasedly and supports the facts with statistics of previous cases on capital punishment in the US Supreme Court. This concern is followed by discussions on the pros and cons of capital punishment. Its significance is the fact that it addresses the major issues that relate to capital punishment including racial impact, execution methods, arbitrariness, deterrence and the application on given populations.
Melusky, J. A., & Pesto, K. A. (2011). Capital Punishment. Abc-clio.
Melusky is a political science professor at the University of St. Francis in Loreto where he also works as a director of the government and law studies. Pesto is currently a magistrate judge of a district court in the US at Pennsylvania district. The two authors are active members of the ABC-CLIO writers. Their book examines the serious debate on capital punishment and tries to raise questions about the issue. It offers an examination that is even-handed on the subject of the death penalty. The authors have combined relevant
issues from excerpts of legal decisions that form a landmark on the aspect of the death penalty and try to draw key conclusions from there.
Palmer Jr, L. J. (1998). The Death Penalty in the United States: A Complete Guide to Federal and State Laws. McFarland.
Palmer, a graduate of the University College of law of West Virginia, is currently working at the supreme court of appeals in West Virginia. His book has information on general considerations, initiation of capital punishment, court and post-conviction proceedings, laws related to capital punishment and other capital punishment issues. It also touches on both federal and state laws and what they have about capital punishment and crime. The whole of this information revolves around the American legislation and practice. All the information covered in the book is related to capital punishment making it significant to the topic.
Radelet, M. L., & Borg, M. J.(2000). The changing nature of death penalty debates. Annual Review of Sociology, 43-61.
These two authors are professors of sociology at the University of Florida in Gainesville. This article tries to examine the capital punishment arguments and changing nature of the debate over the last 30 years. The report covers six specific areas such as incapacitation, cost, retribution, deterrence, Caprice and bias and innocence. The article also reviews research findings of social science that are related to each of the aspects as mentioned above of capital punishment. An analysis is done on the results that help to draw conclusions as to the path the debate on the death penalty is taking.
Seal, L. (2012). Emotion and allegiance in researching four mid-20th-century cases of women accused of murder. Qualitative Research, 1468794112439001.
The author of the article
is a lecturer at the Sussex University, and her interest is in criminology. Her research works revolve on matters of gender representations of women killers, historical and cultural criminology and capital punishment. This article includes methodological research on emotion and allegiance issues concerning other findings in archival sources about the representation of gender in the mid-20th century. It explores some cases of four women who were accused of murder and faced the capital punishment. Its significance is the comparison done in the four cases that involve the capital punishment.
Seal, L. (2014). Capital Punishment in Twentieth-century Britain: Audience, Justice, Memory. Routledge.
The author of the book is a senior lecturer at the Sussex University, and her interest is in criminology. She does research on matters of gender representations of women killers, historical and cultural criminology and capital punishment. Her book explores the cultural life in Britain, of capital punishment in the twentieth century. It also covers the role of the press and discusses capital punishment portrayals in plays, films, and novels. It narrates how capital punishment came to a halt in Britain. The fact makes the book highly significant as the information therein is about capital punishment.
Wood, J., & Gannon, T. A. (Eds.). (2013). Public Opinion and Criminal Justice: Context, Practice and Values. Routledge.
Wood and Gannon are readers and chartered psychologists in forensics and criminal justice. Gannon is also a professor in forensic psychology and a director of a research center at the University of Kent. The article draws various arguments and opinions from the public about the aspect of capital punishment and criminal justice. It explores the context of the issue, practices and values of the public on
the aspect of the capital punishment. The significance of the article is the way it offers a detailed coverage of capital punishment by incorporating open views.
References
- Acker, J. R. (2014). Questioning Capital Punishment: Law, Policy, and Practice. Rout ledge.
- Banner, S., & Banner, S. (2009). The death penalty: An American history. Harvard University Press.
- Bedau, H. A., & Cassell, P. G. (2005). Debating the Death Penalty: Should America Have Capital Punishment? The Experts on Both Sides Make Their Case. Oxford University Press.
- Bohm, R. M. (Ed.). (2008). The death penalty today. CRC Press.
- Delfino, M., & Day, M. E. (2009). Death Penalty USA, 2001-2002. MoBeta Publishing.
- Dockley, A., & Loader, I. (2013). The Penal Landscape: The Howard League Guide to Criminal Justice in England and Wales. Routledge.
- Garland, D., McGowen, R., & Meranze, M. (Eds.). (2011). America's Death Penalty: Between Past and Present. NYU Press.
- Kronenwetter, M. (2001). Capital punishment: A reference handbook. Abc-clio.
- Mandery, E. J. (2011). Capital Punishment in America: A Balanced Examination. Jones & Bartlett Publishers.
- Melusky, J. A., & Pesto, K. A. (2011). Capital Punishment. Abc-clio.
- Palmer Jr, L. J. (1998). The Death Penalty in the United States: A Complete Guide to Federal and State Laws. McFarland.
- Radelet, M. L., & Borg, M. J.(2000). The changing nature of death penalty debates. Annual Review of Sociology, 43-61.
- Seal, L. (2012). Emotion and allegiance in researching four mid 20th-century cases of women accused of murder. Qualitative Research, 1468794112439001.
- Wood, J., & Gannon, T. A. (Eds.). (2013). Public Opinion and Criminal Justice: Context, Practice and Values. Routledge.
- Seal, L. (2014). Capital Punishment in Twentieth-century Britain: Audience, Justice, Memory. Routledge.
