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Against Capital Punishment
Herbert H. Haines
其他書名
The Anti-Death Penalty Movement in America, 1972-1994
出版Oxford University Press, 1999-08-19
主題Political Science / Civil RightsSocial Science / Penology
ISBN01953510619780195351064
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=s3nKg0eiWm0C&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Built on in-depth interviews with movement leaders and the records of key abolitionist organizations, this work traces the struggle against capital punishment in the United States since 1972. Haines reviews the legal battles that led to the short-lived suspension of the death penalty and examines the subsequent conservative turn in the courts that has forced death penalty opponents to rely less on litigation strategies and more on political action. Employing social movement theory, he diagnoses the causes of the anti-death penalty movement's inability to mobilize widespread opposition to executions, and he makes pointed recommendations for improving its effectiveness. For this edition Haines has included a new Afterword in which he summarizes developments in the movement since 1994.