02511nam 2200637Ia 450 991046129820332120200520144314.01-280-65906-897866136359900-7391-7171-2(CKB)2670000000148320(EBL)943580(SSID)ssj0000691686(PQKBManifestationID)11379614(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000691686(PQKBWorkID)10629797(PQKB)10960666(MiAaPQ)EBC943580(Au-PeEL)EBL943580(CaPaEBR)ebr10570640(CaONFJC)MIL363599(OCoLC)845245602(EXLCZ)99267000000014832020111107d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMurder stories[electronic resource] ideological narratives in capital punishment /Paul KaplanLanham, Md. Lexington Booksc20121 online resource (219 p.)Issues in crime & justiceDescription based upon print version of record.0-7391-8816-X 0-7391-7170-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 AuthorMurder 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. Issues in crime & justice (Lanham, Md.)Capital punishmentUnited StatesMurderUnited StatesTrialsUnited StatesElectronic books.Capital punishmentMurderTrials364.660973Kaplan Paul1968-869876MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461298203321Murder stories1942179UNINA