| Description |
1 online resource (60 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color) |
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Issues in society ; volume 399 |
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Issues in society (Balmain, N.S.W.) ; v. 399.
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| Contents |
Global abolition of capital punishment. Capital punishment around the world ; Alarming rise in death sentences ; Death sentences and executions ; Five brutal methods of execution ; In less than 40 years, 124 countries have abolished the death penalty - and here's why the rest should end it too ; Countries with and without the death penalty ; United Nations and the abolition of the death penalty ; What do they say about the death penalty? ; Timeline : the United Nations and the death penalty ; 10 facts about the death penalty ; International law and the death penalty ; The death penalty in SE Asia : is there a trend towards abolition? -- Attitudes towards the death penalty. Death penalty and Australia ; Australian attitudes towards the death penalty ; What more can Australia do to end the death penalty worldwide? ; On the abolition of the death penalty ; Should we bring back the death penalty? ; 5 reasons some people think the world needs the death penalty ; 5 reasons to abolish the death penalty ; Why the death penalty should be abolished ; Death penalty : frequently asked questions ; Death penalty - what you need to know! ; Fact check : no proof the death penalty prevents crime ; Do these death penalty justifications hold up? ; The death penalty is morally unacceptable ; The failings of capital punishment : Indonesia executes the traffickers ; Indonesia's retributive justice was deaf to pleas for reformed Bali duo ; The Bali Nine, Indonesia and state-sanctioned violence ; Indonesia does need the death penalty to deter drug traffickers ; Posturing over the death penalty -- Exploring issues - worksheets and activities -- Fast facts -- Glossary -- Web links -- Index |
| Summary |
Annotation. While the number of executions worldwide is decreasing, some countries are continuing to execute hundreds of prisoners every year - more than 19,000 people are currently estimated to be on death row worldwide. In less than 40 years, 124 countries have abolished the death penalty. Although no one has been executed in Australia since 1967, Australians' attitudes regarding the death penalty are still mixed. The recent execution of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran in Indonesia has brought home the human impacts of state-sanctioned killing. What are the arguments for and against capital punishment? Are there ever exceptions for the worst offenders? Does the death penalty prevent or deter crime? What is Australia doing diplomatically to encourage other states towards abolition? This book looks at the death penalty and its legal abolition worldwide, and explores a range of arguments and attitudes towards capital punishment at home and abroad. Can the death penalty ever be applied fairly? Whose right is it, if anyone's, to decide death over life? |
| Analysis |
Australian |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Capital punishment -- Australia
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Human rights advocacy -- Australia
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Capital punishment.
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Capital punishment -- Moral and ethical aspects
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Capital Punishment
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology.
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Capital punishment
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Capital punishment -- Moral and ethical aspects
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Human rights advocacy
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Australia
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Healey, Justin, editor.
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| ISBN |
9781922084996 |
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1922084999 |
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