附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-232) and index.
Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Tables; CHAPTER 1 -- STUDYING LIFE IMPRISONMENT; CHAPTER 2 -- THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; CHAPTER 3 -- ENGLAND AND WALES; CHAPTER 4 -- GERMANY; CHAPTER 5 -- INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE; CHAPTER 6 -- TAKING LIFE IMPRISONMENT SERIOUSLY?; BIBLIOGRAPHY; TABLE OF CASES; INDEX.
摘要:This text tackles the complexity of life imprisonment - describing how various forms of it are imposed and implemented in the US, England and Wales and Germany, as well as in the international system of criminal justice. The book also examines the justifications for its use.
