Changing Attitudes Towards the Death Penalty: Hungary's Renewed Support for Capital Punishment 2020 Edition Contributor(s): Toth, Zoltan J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 3030475565 ISBN-13: 9783030475567 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Hardcover Published: June 2020 |
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BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Penology - Law | International - Social Science | Criminology |
Physical Information: 0.63" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (0.97 lbs) 212 pages |
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Publisher Description: This book explores the pros and cons of the death penalty and the history of capital punishment. In this context, it puts a special emphasis on the situation in Hungary, where, amongst its neighbors, in recent years the demand for the reestablishment of the death penalty has received the strongest political support from many pro-government politicians. Toth presents tendencies toward abolition of the death penalty and analyzes the arguments by which the death penalty can, in principle, be criticized or even defended. The book presents the main issues of the death penalty, arguments of both abolitionists and retentionists, and reviews the modern history of this sanction. It does not seek to convince the reader of the correctness or wrongness of the death penalty, but it presents both sides of the argument and their standpoints, and leaves the reader to decide. It encourages informed debate and discussion. |