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Capital Punishment And British Politics
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Author : James B. Christoph
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2023-03-08
Capital Punishment And British Politics written by James B. Christoph and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-03-08 with Political Science categories.
First published in 1962, Capital Punishment and British Politics illuminates the process of political decision-making in Britain by analysing the complex activities that led to the passage of a major piece of social legislation, the Homicide Act of 1957. His case study, based on dozens of interviews, reveals in detail the workings of British politics and assesses the impact of the clash of ideas and interests on governmental policy. After surveying the legal and historical antecedents of the controversy surrounding the Act, the author traces the development from the abortive attempt to abolish the death penalty under the Labour Government through the spectacular murder cases of the early fifties to the compromise legislation successfully launched by a Conservative Government. Throughout the book analysis is coupled with description, and the concluding chapter demonstrates how this single case contained in microcosm many of the basic elements and dilemmas of the British political process. This fascinating study will be of great interest to students of politics and social legislation everywhere.
Capital Punishment And British Politics
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Author : James Bernard Christoph
language : en
Publisher: London : Allen & Unwin [1962]
Release Date : 1962
Capital Punishment And British Politics written by James Bernard Christoph and has been published by London : Allen & Unwin [1962] this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1962 with Capital punishment categories.
Capital Punishment And British Politics
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Author : James B. Christoph
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1987
Capital Punishment And British Politics written by James B. Christoph and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Capital punishment categories.
Capital Punishment And British Politics
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Author : James Bernard Christoph
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1962
Capital Punishment And British Politics written by James Bernard Christoph and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1962 with Capital punishment categories.
The Politics Of The Rope
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Author : N. H. Twitchell
language : en
Publisher: Arena books
Release Date : 2012
The Politics Of The Rope written by N. H. Twitchell and has been published by Arena books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with History categories.
This illuminating broad-based political and cultural study presents the definitive account of the campaign to abolish capital punishment in the period 1955-69. It comprises a work of contemporary history exploring the theme from a number of angles, both pro and contra, which have not been covered so extensively before. From the sphere of governmental and parliamentary politics, to the relevant pressure groups, to the role of the mass media, to the significance of the different churches, and the influence of professional bodies, such as those representing the police and prison officers, the book skilfully identifies their interaction with one another. It examines the effect on the campaign of fluctuations in public opinion, and of controversial murder cases such as those of Timothy Evans, Derek Bentley, Ruth Ellis and James Hanratty, which in turn often informed the state of public opinion The work sets the campaign in the context of the social and cultural ferment of the era (the advent of the permissive society), and contrasts the fortunes of the movement with those of other "conscience issues," such as the legalisation of abortion, homosexual law reform, divorce liberalisation and the abolition of theatre censorship. It seeks to account for the success of the campaign within a relatively short time span in the face of intense public antipathy and a concerted effort by various elements of the establishment to thwart its fulfilment. It asks why the campaign succeeded when so many others facing lesser institutional obstacles failed, and it asks why it succeeded when it did and in the way it did, and considers whether the success of the campaign can be accounted for by the Zeitgeist. On one level it is a study of the politics of social reform, but at a deeper level it is a study of the way in which social trends feed through into political action at the parliamentary level, and illustrates the process of policy formation in the area of private members legislation and free votes where "party" has voluntarily taken a back seat.
Penal Policy And Political Culture In England And Wales
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Author : Mike Ryan
language : en
Publisher: Waterside Press
Release Date : 2003-01-01
Penal Policy And Political Culture In England And Wales written by Mike Ryan and has been published by Waterside Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-01-01 with Political Science categories.
'I dislike heaping so much praise on a book, as people often imagine another agenda, purpose or friendship is at stake. That makes writing a review of Penal Policy and Political Culture all the more difficult. This really is an excellent book and it is very difficult to put down. For those with and interest in the small 'p' politics of penal policy, it will be of immense appeal. Students enrolled on courses looking at pressure groups and their influence - or lack thereof - will not find a better text. For those at the coal axe - governors, managers, officers and prisoners - it will fascinate and enlighten. And for reformers, it is something of a manifesto. Utterly Suberb': Steve Taylor, Prison Service Journal For many years making penal policy in England and Wales was in the hands of a small, male metropolitan elite made up of Ministers, liberal lobby groups like the Howard League and the Prison Reform Trust, and senior civil servants. Even Parliament was kept at a respectful distance, and public opinion on important penal questions like capital punishment was taken to be something that had to be managed and circumvented rather than acted upon. Penal Policy and Political Culture in England and Wales looks at challenges to this cosy, elite policy making world, first from below as prisoners groups such as PROP and victims groups like Women Against Rape demanded their say in the 1970s and 1980s, and then later, as the New Right deliberately mobilised public opinion around penal questions as a mechanism to support its harsh social and economic policies in the 1980s and 1990s.
Hanging In The Balance
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Author : Brian P. Block
language : en
Publisher: Waterside Press
Release Date : 1997
Hanging In The Balance written by Brian P. Block and has been published by Waterside Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Law categories.
The definitive account of the long road to abolition in the UK by two highly respected commentators - a classic of the genre.
Beyond The Law
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Author : Charles Upchurch
language : en
Publisher: Temple University Press
Release Date : 2021-10-15
Beyond The Law written by Charles Upchurch and has been published by Temple University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-15 with History categories.
"Beyond the Law reconstructs the hitherto untold story of the political process through which the death penalty for sodomy was almost ended in 1841, emphasizing the ethical, religious, and humanitarian arguments used by those who supported the reform"--
Capital Punishment In Twentieth Century Britain
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Author : Lizzie Seal
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-03-05
Capital Punishment In Twentieth Century Britain written by Lizzie Seal and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-05 with Social Science categories.
Capital punishment for murder was abolished in Britain in 1965. At this time, the way people in Britain perceived and understood the death penalty had changed – it was an issue that had become increasingly controversial, high-profile and fraught with emotion. In order to understand why this was, it is necessary to examine how ordinary people learned about and experienced capital punishment. Drawing on primary research, this book explores the cultural life of the death penalty in Britain in the twentieth century, including an exploration of the role of the popular press and a discussion of portrayals of the death penalty in plays, novels and films. Popular protest against capital punishment and public responses to and understandings of capital cases are also discussed, particularly in relation to conceptualisations of justice. Miscarriages of justice were significant to capital punishment’s increasingly fraught nature in the mid twentieth-century and the book analyses the unsettling power of two such high profile miscarriages of justice. The final chapters consider the continuing relevance of capital punishment in Britain after abolition, including its symbolism and how people negotiate memories of the death penalty. Capital Punishment in Twentieth-Century Britain is groundbreaking in its attention to the death penalty and the effect it had on everyday life and it is the only text on this era to place public and popular discourses about, and reactions to, capital punishment at the centre of the analysis. Interdisciplinary in focus and methodology, it will appeal to historians, criminologists, sociologists and socio-legal scholars.
Ending The Death Penalty
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Author : A. Hammel
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2010-06-16
Ending The Death Penalty written by A. Hammel and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-06-16 with Law categories.
Examining the successful movements to abolish capital punishment in the UK, France, and Germany, this book examines the similarities in the social structure and political strategies of abolition movements in all three countries. An in-depth comparative analysis with other countries assesses chances of success of abolition elsewhere.