Between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries, Western societies abandoned public executions in favor of private punishments, primarily confinement in penite

How does the way we think and feel about the world around us affect the existence and administration of the death penalty? What role does capital punishment pla

This volume provides analyses of a range of subjects and issues in the death penalty debate, from medicine to the media. The essays address in particular the pe

This volume provides an abundance of information on the history of capital punishment, and ongoing opposition to it. Author Bruce E.R. Thompson includes narrati

What are the critical factors that determine whether a country replaces, retains or restores the death penalty? Why do some countries maintain the death penalty