Life without parole : worse than death?
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Life without parole : worse than death?
（Routledge frontiers of criminal justice）
Routledge, 2022
- pbk.
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
Offers depth on the topic not available yet based on its inclusion of empirical research related to current inmates and is therefore an important contribution to a growing but limited area of research.
The topic is of increasing interest to penology, criminology, criminal justice and law modules.
It is timely, as with more states abolishing the death penalty, research on common alternative penalties is valuable, and as a result the issue of LWOP is gaining more attention
Both qualitative and quantitative studies will inspire and enhance scholarly and policy debates on this issue.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
List of Figures
List of Tables
Introduction: Meet the New Death Penalty: Life Without Parole
References
Part I: Examining the Abolitionist Case for LWOP
1. Is LWOP Inhumane? The View from Death Row
The Phenomenon of Death Row "Volunteers"
The Perspective of the Non-Volunteers
The Experience of Being Resentenced from Death to LWOP
Conclusion
References
2. Is LWOP Inhumane? The View from Those Serving LWOP
Execution and "Execution by Installment": Perceptions of Those Serving Informal and Formal Death Sentences
On "Being Dead While You're Still Alive": A Study of California's Recent Propositions to Abolish the Death Penalty
The Pains of Permanent Imprisonment: Quantitative and Qualitative Findings
"An Inescapable Burden": Maturation and Change Under Permanent Punishment
"An Invisible Entity:" The Experiences of Women Perpetually Incarcerated
Conclusion: Life Without Parole "Picks You Apart"
References
3. LWOP and Human Rights: The View from Abroad
By the Numbers
LWOP and Human Rights Worldwide
Final Thoughts
References
4. Worse Than Death: Innocence and Access to the Courts
Super Due Process, Life, and Death
Super Due Process and Innocence
Methodological Appendix
References
Conclusion
5. The Price of Life: The Financial Burden of LWOP
Yes, Death Sentences Cost More Than Life Sentences
But Those Costs Save Lives
And There Are More Life Sentences
Summary
References
6. LWOP as Racial Control
The Death Penalty is Racial Control and LWOP is the Death Penalty
LWOP Targets the Disadvantaged
Juvenile LWOP
Conclusion: A War on Which Crimes?
References
Part II: Examining the "Tough-On-Crime" Case for LWOP
7. LWOP and the War on Crime
Enactment of LWOP Statutes and Violent Crime
The Effect of Using LWOP More Frequently on Violent Crime
Conclusion
Methodological Appendix
References
8. Is LWOP Just Retribution or Cruel & Unusual Punishment?
LWOP Violates the Core Principles of Retribution
Retribution Does Not Benefit Most Victims
Conclusion
References
9. The Power of Second Chances: Stories of Redemption
The Subjects
Early Days in Prison
Maturation, the Influence of their Elders, and the Road to Redemption
Finding Redemption and Giving Back
Conclusion
References
Conclusion & Recommendations
Policy Recommendations
References
Index
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