Peculiar Institution: America`s Death Penalty in an Age of Abolition 9780674066106

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Автор: Garland David
Название: Peculiar Institution: America`s Death Penalty in an Age of Abolition
ISBN: 9780674066106
Издательство: Harvard University Press
Издательство: Belknap Press
Классификация:

История Америк

Социальная история и история культуры

Гражданская война в Америке

Политология и политическая философия

Политическая система: демократия

ISBN-10: 0674066103
Обложка/Формат: Paperback
Страницы: 417
Вес: 0.57 кг.
Дата издания: 22.10.2012
Язык: English
Размер: 221 x 145 x 28
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Поставляется из: США
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The U.S. death penalty is a peculiar institution, and a uniquely American one. Despite its comprehensive abolition elsewhere in the Western world, capital punishment continues in dozens of American states- a fact that is frequently discussed but rarely understood. The same puzzlement surrounds the peculiar form that American capital punishment now takes, with its uneven application, its seemingly endless delays, and the uncertainty of its ever being carried out in individual cases, none of which seem conducive to effective crime control or criminal justice. In a brilliantly provocative study, David Garland explains this tenacity and shows how death penalty practice has come to bear the distinctive hallmarks of Americas political institutions and cultural conflicts.

Americas radical federalism and local democracy, as well as its legacy of violence and racism, account for our divergence from the rest of the West. Whereas the elites of other nations were able to impose nationwide abolition from above despite public objections, American elites are unable- and unwilling- to end a punishment that has the support of local majorities and a storied place in popular culture.

In the course of hundreds of decisions, federal courts sought to rationalize and civilize an institution that too often resembled a lynching, producing layers of legal process but also delays and reversals. Yet the Supreme Court insists that the issue is to be decided by local political actors and public opinion. So the death penalty continues to respond to popular will, enhancing the power of criminal justice professionals, providing drama for the media, and bringing pleasure to a public audience who consumes its chilling tales.

Garland brings a new clarity to our understanding of this peculiar institution- and a new challenge to supporters and opponents alike.

Peculiar Institution: America`s Death Penalty in an Age of Abolition, Garland David