Peculiar Institution: America's Death Penalty in an Age of Abolition by Garland, David
Peculiar Institution: America's Death Penalty in an Age of Abolition by Garland, David

Peculiar Institution: America's Death Penalty in an Age of Abolition

The U.S. death penalty is a peculiar institution, and a uniquely American one. Despite its comprehensive abolition...
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Peculiar Institution: America's Death Penalty in an Age of Abolition by Garland, David

Peculiar Institution: America's Death Penalty in an Age of Abolition

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Peculiar Institution: America's Death Penalty in an Age of Abolition by Garland, David

Peculiar Institution: America's Death Penalty in an Age of Abolition

BD$62.51
Author: David Garland
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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The U.S. death penalty is a peculiar institution, and a uniquely American one. Despite its comprehensive abolition elsewhere in the Western world, capital punishment continues in dozens of American states- a fact that is frequently discussed but rarely understood. The same puzzlement surrounds the peculiar form that American capital punishment now takes, with its uneven application, its seemingly endless delays, and the uncertainty of its ever being carried out in individual cases, none of which seem conducive to effective crime control or criminal justice. In a brilliantly provocative study, David Garland explains this tenacity and shows how death penalty practice has come to bear the distinctive hallmarks of America's political institutions and cultural conflicts.

America's radical federalism and local democracy, as well as its legacy of violence and racism, account for our divergence from the rest of the West. Whereas the elites of other nations were able to impose nationwide abolition from above despite public objections, American elites are unable- and unwilling- to end a punishment that has the support of local majorities and a storied place in popular culture.

In the course of hundreds of decisions, federal courts sought to rationalize and civilize an institution that too often resembled a lynching, producing layers of legal process but also delays and reversals. Yet the Supreme Court insists that the issue is to be decided by local political actors and public opinion. So the death penalty continues to respond to popular will, enhancing the power of criminal justice professionals, providing drama for the media, and bringing pleasure to a public audience who consumes its chilling tales.

Garland brings a new clarity to our understanding of this peculiar institution- and a new challenge to supporters and opponents alike.

Author: David Garland
Publisher: Belknap Press
Published: 10/22/2012
Pages: 432
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 8.70h x 5.70w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780674066106


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David Garland is Arthur T. Vanderbilt Professor of Law and Professor of Sociology at New York University.


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