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Wretched Sisters
Examining Gender and Capital Punishmend
Häftad, 2014
452 kr
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Since the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1976, fourteen women have been put to death in the United States. The criminal justice system defines crimes committed by women in a particularly gendered context. Wretched Sisters is unique in its analysis of the legal and cultural circumstances that …
Sexual Harassment in the United States
Analyzing the Hostile Environment
Av Mary Welek Atwell, David A. Schultz
Inbunden, 2020
1011 kr
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This work traces the historical and legal developments surrounding the public awareness of sexual harassment in the United States. The book looks at the issue from a theoretical perspective, analyzes relevant Supreme Court decisions, and discusses the reactions to the testimony of Anita Hill. It …
Slow Death of the Death Penalty
Toward a Postmortem
Av Todd C. Peppers, Jamie Almallen m. fl.
Inbunden, 2025
1033 kr
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Why the death penalty is in decline across the United StatesAcross the country, the death penalty is dying. Twenty-two states have abandoned state-sanctioned executions, including nine in the last fifteen years. Of the twenty-eight states that still have the death penalty, eight have not had an …
Slow Death of the Death Penalty
Toward a Postmortem
Av Todd C. Peppers, Jamie Almallen m. fl.
Häftad, 2025
335 kr
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Why the death penalty is in decline across the United StatesAcross the country, the death penalty is dying. Twenty-two states have abandoned state-sanctioned executions, including nine in the last fifteen years. Of the twenty-eight states that still have the death penalty, eight have not had an …
Equal Protection of the Law?
Gender and Justice in the United States
Av Mary Welek Atwell, Gregg Barak m. fl.
Häftad, 2002
339 kr
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This book, grounded in American women’s history, explores the ongoing process of taking gender into account in the U.S. justice system. Women came late to the making, applying, and enforcing of the law. How has the creation of the law by and for men affected women? How has increased participation …
Evolving Standards of Decency
Popular Culture and Capital Punishment
Av Mary Welek Atwell, David Schultz
Häftad, 2004
303 kr
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The Supreme Court has looked to «evolving standards of decency» in determining whether the death penalty violates the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution, which prohibits cruel and unusual punishment. Evolving Standards of Decency examines the ways in which popular culture portrays the death …
