Legal homicide : death as punishment in America, 1864-1982

Author(s)

• Bowers, William J.
• Pierce, Glenn L.
• McDevitt, John F.

Bibliographic Information

Legal homicide : death as punishment in America, 1864-1982

William J. Bowers, with Glenn L. Pierce and John F. McDevitt ; foreword by Henry Schwarzschild

Northeastern University Press, c1984

Note

Rev. ed. of: Executions in America. 1974

Bibliography: p. [533]-603

Includes index

Details

• NCID: BA03256795
• ISBN:
  • 0930350251
• LCCN: 81011309
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Boston
• Pages/Volumes: xxviii, 614 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HV8699.U5
  • DC19 : 364.6/6/0973
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Capital punishment -- United States
  • LCSH : Executions and executioners -- United States
  • LCSH : Race discrimination -- United States