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- Title
The Death Penalty and Mass Incarceration: Convergences and Divergences.
- Authors
Steiker, Carol S.; Steiker, Jordan M.
- Abstract
The article discusses various convergences and divergences involving the death penalty and mass incarceration in America as of April 2014, focusing on America's penal policy, a historical overview of executions in the U.S., and several U.S. Supreme Court capital punishment-related legal cases such as Gregg v. Georgia and Furman v. Georgia. America's death sentencing rates and alleged violations of international human rights are examined, along with execution rates in the U.S.
- Subjects
UNITED States; CAPITAL punishment -- Social aspects; CAPITAL punishment; IMPRISONMENT; IMPRISONMENT -- Social aspects; GREGG v. Georgia (Supreme Court case); CRIMINAL law; CRIMINAL law -- Social aspects; HUMAN rights violations -- Law &; legislation; EXECUTIONS &; executioners; FURMAN v. Georgia; CAPITAL punishment sentencing
- Publication
American Journal of Criminal Law, 2014, Vol 41, Issue 2, p189
- ISSN
0092-2315
- Publication type
Article