Death by Prison: The Emergence of Life without Parole and Perpetual Confinement
Author:   Christopher Seeds
Publisher:   University of California Press
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9780520379978


Pages:   288
Publication Date:   12 July 2022
Format:   Hardback
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Death by Prison: The Emergence of Life without Parole and Perpetual Confinement


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Author:   Christopher Seeds
Publisher:   University of California Press
Imprint:   University of California Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.499kg
ISBN:  

9780520379978


ISBN 10:   0520379977
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   12 July 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Contents Introduction Part I Foundations 1. Perpetual Penal Confinement 2. Precursor and Prototype 3. The Phenomenon to Be Explained Part II Eruptions 4. The Complex Role of Death Penalty Abolition 5. The Collapse of a Penal Paradigm 6. Governors and Prisoners  Part III Adaptation and Solidification 7. The US Supreme Court’s Ambivalent Crafting of LWOP 8. Abolition and the Alternative  9. Life Prisoners, Lifetime Prisons Conclusion Acknowledgments  Notes Bibliography Index

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"""Seeds does a masterful job of busting the myth of how [life without parole] replaced the death penalty."" * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books *"


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Christopher Seeds is Assistant Professor of Criminology, Law and Society at the University of California, Irvine.    

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