Life Imprisonment : : A Global Human Rights Analysis / / Dirk Van Zyl Smit, Catherine Appleton.
Life imprisonment has replaced the death penalty as the most common sentence imposed for heinous crimes worldwide. Consequently, it has become the leading issue of international criminal justice reform. In the first survey of its kind, Dirk van Zyl Smit and Catherine Appleton argue for a human right...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2019] ©2019 |
Publicatiejaar: | 2019 |
Taal: | English |
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Fysieke beschrijving: | 1 online resource (428 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Debating Life -- 2. Describing Life -- 3. Prevalence of Life -- 4. Exempt from Life -- 5. Offenses That Carry Life -- 6. Imposing Life -- 7. Doing Life -- 8. Implementing Life Well -- 9. Release from Life -- 10. Life after Life -- 11. Rethinking Life -- Appendix A: Formal Sentences of Life Imprisonment -- Appendix B: Numbers of Life-Sentenced Prisoners -- Appendix C: Persons Serving Formal Life Sentences by Offense -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
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Samenvatting: | Life imprisonment has replaced the death penalty as the most common sentence imposed for heinous crimes worldwide. Consequently, it has become the leading issue of international criminal justice reform. In the first survey of its kind, Dirk van Zyl Smit and Catherine Appleton argue for a human rights–based reappraisal of this harsh punishment. |
Formaat: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780674989139 9783110606621 |
DOI: | 10.4159/9780674989139 |
Toegang: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Dirk Van Zyl Smit, Catherine Appleton. |