Capital Punishment in America : Race and the Death Penalty Over Time.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (383 pages)
Capital Punishment in America -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Contours of Capital Punishment -- History of U.S. Race and Ethnic Relations -- Death Sentencing and Death Sentence Outcomes: Review of Prior Empirical Studies -- A Case Study of Three American States -- Research Findings for California, Florida, and Texas: A Quantitative Analysis -- Race, Ethnicity, and Gender from 1608 to 2010: A Qualitative Analysis -- Conclusion: Transforming an Historical Culture of Executions -- Afterword: The Future of Capital Punishment -- Appendix -- Web, Newspaper Articles, and Other Information Cited -- References -- Index.
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Capital punishment -- United States. Discrimination in capital punishment -- United States.