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Autore |
Kaplan Paul <1968-> |
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Titolo |
Murder stories [[electronic resource] ] : ideological narratives in capital punishment / / Paul Kaplan |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, c2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-65906-8 |
9786613635990 |
0-7391-7171-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (219 p.) |
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Collana |
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Issues in crime & justice |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Capital punishment - United States |
Murder - United States |
Trials - United States |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 01. Capital Punishment Conflicts, Narrativity, Hegemony, and Resistance; Chapter 02. The American Creed and American Capital Punishment; Chapter 03. Death Especially Deregulated; Chapter 04. The American Creed in Prosecutor and Defender Narratives; Chapter 05. Forgetting the Future; Chapter 06. Facts and Furies; Epilogue; References; Index; About the Author |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Murder Stories takes on the difficult question of American retention of capital punishment by investigating the elusive role of ideology in the law. As such it is a prime example of contemporary scholarship on the death penalty and law & society. |
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