Ross Kleinstuber, Jeremiah Coldsmith, Margaret Leigey, Sandra Joy

Life Without Parole (eBook, ePUB)

Worse Than Death?

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Produktbeschreibung

This book is an in-depth critical examination of all pertinent aspects of life without parole (LWOP). Empirically assessing key arguments that advance LWOP, including as an alternative to the death penalty, it reveals that not only is the punishment cruel while not providing any societal benefits, it is actually detrimental to society.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. April 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000574715
• Artikelnr.: 63755825

Autorenporträt

Ross Kleinstuber is an Associate Professor of Justice Administration & Criminology at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown. His research focuses on the intersection of law and society, capital punishment, life without parole, mass incarceration, racial inequality in the justice system, and human rights abuses.

Jeremiah Coldsmith holds a PhD in sociology. His individual research focuses on the intersection of identity and stratification, and as a methodologist and statistician, he has an active research, in collaboration with Dr. Kleinstuber, that focuses on quantifying LWOP's effects on violent crime rates.

Margaret E. Leigey is a Professor and Chair of Criminology at The College of New Jersey. Her research explores the experiences of those serving life without parole, in particular aging individuals, those who were sentenced as juveniles, and women.

Sandra Joy a Professor of Sociology at Rowan University, licensed clinical social worker, mental health clinician, and activist in the movement to abolish capital punishment and LWOP. Her research explores the grief and loss issues confronting the families of those on death row, life without parole, and coalition politics in the anti-death penalty movement.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements

List of Figures

List of Tables

Introduction: Meet the New Death Penalty: Life Without Parole

References

Part I: Examining the Abolitionist Case for LWOP

1. Is LWOP Inhumane? The View from Death Row

The Phenomenon of Death Row "Volunteers"

The Perspective of the Non-Volunteers

The Experience of Being Resentenced from Death to LWOP

Conclusion

References

2. Is LWOP Inhumane? The View from Those Serving LWOP

Execution and "Execution by Installment": Perceptions of Those Serving Informal and Formal Death Sentences

On "Being Dead While You're Still Alive": A Study of California's Recent Propositions to Abolish the Death Penalty

The Pains of Permanent Imprisonment: Quantitative and Qualitative Findings

"An Inescapable Burden": Maturation and Change Under Permanent Punishment

"An Invisible Entity:" The Experiences of Women Perpetually Incarcerated

Conclusion: Life Without Parole "Picks You Apart"

References

3. LWOP and Human Rights: The View from Abroad

By the Numbers

LWOP and Human Rights Worldwide

Final Thoughts

References

4. Worse Than Death: Innocence and Access to the Courts

Super Due Process, Life, and Death

Super Due Process and Innocence

Methodological Appendix

References

Conclusion

5. The Price of Life: The Financial Burden of LWOP

Yes, Death Sentences Cost More Than Life Sentences

But Those Costs Save Lives

And There Are More Life Sentences

Summary

References

6. LWOP as Racial Control

The Death Penalty is Racial Control and LWOP is the Death Penalty

LWOP Targets the Disadvantaged

Juvenile LWOP

Conclusion: A War on Which Crimes?

References

Part II: Examining the "Tough-On-Crime" Case for LWOP

7. LWOP and the War on Crime

Enactment of LWOP Statutes and Violent Crime

The Effect of Using LWOP More Frequently on Violent Crime

Conclusion

Methodological Appendix

References

8. Is LWOP Just Retribution or Cruel & Unusual Punishment?

LWOP Violates the Core Principles of Retribution

Retribution Does Not Benefit Most Victims

Conclusion

References

9. The Power of Second Chances: Stories of Redemption

The Subjects

Early Days in Prison

Maturation, the Influence of their Elders, and the Road to Redemption

Finding Redemption and Giving Back

Conclusion

References

Conclusion & Recommendations

Policy Recommendations

References



Index

Rezensionen

"The authors meticulously examine each justification used in America's unyielding reliance on sentences of life without the possibility of parole. Readers will come away from this book convinced that such extreme sentences are both inhumane and unnecessary on public safety grounds." - Ashley Nellis, Senior Research Analyst, The Sentencing Project

"Life Without Parole offers readers a comprehensive account of the role and impact of LWOP in the US. The book relies on various sources and methods, including the powerful voices of individuals who are serving life without the possibility of parole to illustrate the human and societal costs of this form of punishment. I recommend this book to those who study criminal justice sanctions, as well as those seeking to reduce inequality in the justice system." - Professor Nancy Rodriguez, Department of Criminology, Law and Society, University of California, Irvine

"Life Without Parole by Ross Kleinstuber, Jeremiah Coldsmith, Margaret Leigey and Sandra Joy makes a clear and compelling case that LWOP-life without parole-is a death penalty in its own right that should be abolished. This sanction, we learn from compelling interviews with affected inmates, is no more humane than capital punishment and may indeed create more suffering and injustice than the traditional death penalty. Real reform requires sentences that offer hope of release from prison, however tenuous that hope might be in individual cases." - Professor Rob Johnson, Justice, Law, & Criminology, American University