Allison M. Cotton

Effigy

Images of Capital Defendants

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Produktbeschreibung

Effigy examines the images of a capital defendant portrayed, by the defense attorneys and the prosecutor, during the guilt and penalty phases of capital trial, the trial tactics used to impart these images, and the consequences that result from the jury's attempt to reconcile contradictory images to place one in permanent record as a verdict.

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Produktdetails

• Issues in Crime and Justice
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juli 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 533g
• ISBN-13: 9780739125519
• ISBN-10: 0739125516
• Artikelnr.: 24491069

Autorenporträt

Allison M. Cotton is assistant professor of criminal justice and criminology at the Metropolitan State College of Denver.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 The Death Penalty in the U.S. and How
Juries Operate Chapter 3 The Importance of Defining the Defendant Chapter 4
The Legal Fight Chapter 5 The Guilt Phase: How the Defense/Prosecution Saw
their Mission Chapter 6 The Penalty Phase: The Prosecution/Defense's
Mission Chapter 7 Who Is the Defendant? The Prosecution's/Defense's Answer
Chapter 8 The Impact on Jurors Chapter 9 Conclusion

Rezensionen

[Cotton] cites the relevant scientific research on juror decision making, and then takes a more open-ended approach to study how jurors reached a guilty verdict in this case. This ultimately provides valuable insight into how jurors are likely to make judgments about human behavior based on their own experience, rather than relying on expert testimony that challenges commonly held assumptions about rational action. Recommended. CHOICE, May 2009