Overview
Despite growing pressure for the death penalty's abolition, the year 2000 saw over 1000 people executed in China, some 123 in Saudi Arabia, 75 in Iran, and 85 in the United States of America (figures: Amnesty International). In this new edition of his classic study Roger Hood, the acknowledged world authority on death penalty legislation, assesses the global status of capital punishment at the start of the new millennium. As in previous editions, the author has drawn on his experiences as consultant to the United Nations for the Secretary General's five-yearly surveys of capital punishment as well as the latest literature from non-governmental organizations and academic experts. He shows that, despite a number of set-backs, the movement to abolish the death penalty has continued to gather pace; that international organizations and human rights treaties have increased the pressure on retentionist countries; that further developments have been made in securing protection for those facing the death penalty in retentionist counties; and that, despite such advances, in some parts of the world the range of crimes subject to the death penalty remains wide and the number of executions considerable. As before, Professor Hood engages in the latest debates on the realities of capital punishment, on claims that the death penalty is a unique deterrent to murder and other serious crime, and on the role of public opinion in the debate on capital punishment.
Full Product Details
Author: Roger Hood, QC (Hon) DCL FBA, Roger
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Edition: 3rd Revised edition
Dimensions:
Width: 15.40cm
, Height: 2.40cm
, Length: 23.20cm
Weight: 0.624kg
ISBN: 9780199251292
ISBN 10: 0199251290
Pages: 330
Publication Date: 14 November 2002
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Replaced By: 9780199228461
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: Out of stock
Reviews
... it is a remarkable achievement to write such a wide-ranging and definitive book covering all aspects of the subject whilst maintaining strict academic neutrality. JUSTICE of the PEACE This superb book is packed with data from all over the world backed with 25 pages of bibliography and it is its meticulous academic impartiality that makes an overwhelming case against capital punishment. JUSTICE of the PEACE [Hood] has chronicled developments with the balance and objectivity that are to be expected of one of the world's pre-eminent criminology scholars ... Those who have used the first or second editions will not need an enthusiastic reviewer to tell them that the third edition is thorough, thought-provoking and indispensable. William Schabas, Irish Jurist, vol 38, 2003 Thoroughly updated and expanded since the second edition in 1996 ... Hood's work ... is in effect a one-stop shop for those who care passionately about ending capital punishment, but at the same time want accurate and comprehensive information to back up their case. The Howard Journal, vol 43(3), 2004
Author Information
Roger Hood, CBE, FBA, is a Fellow of All Souls College, Professor of Criminology, and Director of the Centre for Criminological Research at Oxford University.
