Murder stories [[electronic resource] ] : ideological narratives in capital punishment / / Paul Kaplan
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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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| Pubblicazione: | Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, c2012 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (219 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 364.660973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Capital punishment - United States |
| Murder - United States | |
| Trials - United States | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Murder stories |
| ISBN: | 1-280-65906-8 |
| 9786613635990 | |
| 0-7391-7171-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910790474703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Issues in crime & justice (Lanham, Md.)