University Press of America
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978-0-7618-3472-4 • Paperback • September 2006 • $60.99 • (£47.00)
Alfred B. Heilbrun, Jr. is Distinguished Professor of Psychology Emeritus and Distinguished Emeritus Fellow at Emory University. Professor Heilbrun holds a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Iowa. He is also author of Criminal Dangerousness and the Risk of Violence and Stress and the Risk of Psychological Disorder in College Women, both from the University Press of America.
Chapter 1 Acknowledgment
Chapter 2 Preface
Part 3 Section I: Does the Death Penalty Deter Willful Killing?: Chapter 1. The Interminable Debate Regarding the Death Penalty; Chapter 2. The 45-Year Study of the Death Penalty and Deterrence; Chapter 3. Conceptual Lacunas in the Deterrence Evidence
Part 4 Section II. Can the Death Penalty be Fairly Implemented?: Chapter 4. Fair Practice in Adjucating the Death Penalty: The Issue of Race; Chapter 5. Fair Practice in Adjucating the Death Penalty: The Issue of Gender; Chapter 6. Fair Practice in Adjucat
Part 5 Section III. Putting it All Together: Chapter 8. A Verdict on the Death Penalty as a Deterrent to Murder; Chapter 9. Fairness in Adjucating the Death Penalty