The Ultimate Coercive Sanction

A Cross-cultural Study of Capital Punishment

• Author(s): Keith F. Otterbein,
• Publisher: HRAF Press
• Pages: 164
• ISBN_10: 0875363466
  ISBN_13: 9780875363462
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Social Science / Capital Punishment ,

Description:... Concludes that nearly all cultures have the death penalty; examines the crimes for which death is considered appropriate; and discusses group survival theory, confrontation theory and political legitimacy theory to explain the prevalence of capital punishment.