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100 1 $aGrossman, Mark.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n93098355
245 10 $aEncyclopedia of capital punishment /$cMark Grossman.
260 $aSanta Barbara, Calif. :$bABC-CLIO,$c1998.
263 $a9809
300 $axii, 330 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations ;$c26 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 279-299) and index.
520 $aEncyclopedia of Capital Punishment is a carefully researched reference work that provides a nonpartisan overview of capital punishment through the ages, addressing the history of capital punishment from the seventeenth century B.C.E. to the present and covering controversies, particular cases, and attitudes toward the death penalty in many countries.
520 8 $aIncluded among the more than 240 alphabetically arranged entries are biographies of famous people who have been executed - as well as some famous executioners; biographies of advocates, opponents, and reformers of capital punishment; landmark U.S. court cases; descriptions of various methods of execution throughout history; relevant literary works; eyewitness accounts of executions; statistics; and various historical and contemporary concepts.
520 8 $aAlso included in this comprehensive work are a detailed timeline, a master bibliography, and an index. Students, scholars, and library patrons researching the historical and contemporary issues, events, and people tied to capital punishment will turn to this volume again and again.
650 0 $aCapital punishment$vEncyclopedias.
650 0 $aCapital punishment$xHistory$vEncyclopedias.
650 0 $aExecutions and executioners$vEncyclopedias.
650 0 $aExecutions and executioners$xHistory$vEncyclopedias.
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