Corrections: The Essentials
Second Edition
Learning Objectives
- Understand the impact of public opinion on the retention or abolition of the death penalty
- Know the trends in the administration of the death penalty
- Know the major Supreme Court death penalty cases
- Be able to discuss the financial cost/benefit ratio of the death penalty
- Understand the difficulty in determining whether the death penalty is a deterrent
- Know the arguments relating to racial disparity and the death penalty
- Know the meaning of the innocence revolution
- Understand the issues surrounding the use of genetic and neuroimaging technology for determining exoneration and mitigation