Routledge Handbook on Capital Punishment

Table of Contents Introduction to: A Handbook on Capital Punishment: Robert M. Bohm, University of Central Florida, and Gavin M. Lee, University of West Georgia

ã PART 1: CAPITAL PUNISHMENT: HISTORY, OPINION, AND CULTURE A. History

1. The American Death Penalty: A Short (But Long) History: John Bessler, University of Baltimore School of Law 2. Capital Punishment and Lynching: Margaret Vandiver, University of Memphis

B. Opinion 3. Public Opinion About the Death Penalty: James D. Unnever, University of South Florida, Sarasota, Manatee; Leah Butler, University of Cincinnati; Francis Cullen, University of Cincinnati; and Angela Thielo, University of Louisville 4. The Marshall Hypotheses: John Cochran, University of South Florida

C. Culture 5. Media and Capital Punishment: Matthew Robinson, Appalachian State University 6. Popular Media and the Death Penalty: A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Death Penalty in Film: Maya Pagni Barak, University of Michigan - Dearborn 7. Why We Need the Death Penalty: Andrew Fulkerson, Southeastern Missouri State University

ã ã PART 2: CAPITAL PUNISHMENT: RATIONALES AND RELIGIOUS VIEWS A. Rationales 8. Retribution: George Kain, Western Connecticut State University and Dale Recinella, St. Mary Mother of Mercy 9. General Deterrence and Brutalization: Gennaro Vito, University of Louisville and Anthony Vito, University of West Georgia 10. Incapacitation and Life without Parole: Jon Sorensen, Texas A&M University, Prairie View and Thomas Reidy, ABPP B. Religious Views 11. Christianity and the Death Penalty: Tobias Winright, St. Louis University 12. Judaism and the Death Penalty: Edna Erez, University of Illinois at Chicago and Kathy Laster, Victoria University 13. Death Penalty in Sharia Law: Sanaz Alasti, Lamar University and Eric Bronson, Lamar University

ã PART 3: CAPITAL PUNISHMENT AND CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES 14. The U.S. Supreme Court and the Death Penalty: Katherine Bennett, Armstrong State University and H. Chris Tecklenberg, Armstrong State University 15. Capital Punishment and Aggravating and Mitigating Circumstances: Carol Steiker, Harvard Law School and Jordan Steiker, University of Texas Law School 16. Capital Offenders' Intellectual Disability and "Insanity": Excluding and Delaying the Death Penalty: Peggy Tobolowsky, University of North Texas

PART 4: THE DEATH PENALTY'S ADMINISTRATION 17. The Financial Costs of the Death Penalty: Examining the Evidence: Gordon Waldo, Florida State University 18. Prosecutors and Capital Punishment: Stacy Parker, Muskingum University 19. Counsel for the Despised and Condemned: Capital Defense Attorneys: Jeffrey Kirchmeier, City University of New York School of Law 20. The Capital Jury and Sentencing: Neither Guided Nor Individualized: Wanda Foglia, Rowan University and Marla Sandys, Indiana University Bloomington 21. The Penalty Phase of the Capital Murder Trial: A Social-Psychological Analysis: Mark Costanzo, Claremont McKenna College and Zoey Costanzo, Cornell University

22. The Appellate Process in Capital Cases: Vanessa Woodward Griffin, University of West Georgia and O. Hayden Griffin III, University of Alabama - Birmingham 23. Clemency: Failsafe or Fantasy?: Cathleen Burnett, University of Missouri - Kansas City 24. Execution Methods in a Nutshell: Deborah Denno, Fordham University

ã 25. California's Chaotic Death Penalty: Stacy Mallicoat, California State University, Fullerton; Brenda L. Vogel, California State University, Long Beach; and David Crawford, Death Penalty Focus 26. Reflections on the Abattoir - Texas: Dennis Longmire, Sam Houston State University and Alex Updegrove, Sam Houston State University 27. The Federal Death Penalty: Stephanie Mizrahi, California State University, Sacramento. 28. The Death Penalty and the United States Armed Forces: Catherine Grosso, Michigan State University

PART 5: THE DEATH PENALTY'S CONSEQUENCES 29. The Topography of Capital Punishment: Geographic Variations in Seeking, Achieving, and Carrying Out the Death Penalty: Adam Trahan, University of North Texas; Kaleigh B. Laird, University of North Texas; and Douglas N. Evans, Mercy College. 30. Age, Class, and Sex Disparities in Capital Punishment: Etta Morgan, Jackson State University 31. Race and the Death Penalty: Kristie Blevins, Eastern Kentucky University and Kevin Minor, Eastern Kentucky University 32. Wrongful Capital Convictions: Talia Roitberg Harmon, Niagara University and Diana Falco, Niagara University 33. Life and Work on Death Row: Robert Johnson, American University 34. Capital Punishment and Victims' and Offenders' Families: Lynn Pazzani, University of West Georgia 35. Capital Punishment's Co-Victims: Kyle Burgason, Iowa State University 36. Exoneration: Life After Death Row: Scott Vollum, University of Minnesota, Duluth 37. The Demise of the Death Penalty with Special Focus on the United States: Robert M. Bohm, University of Central Florida

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