자료유형  

 단행본

Control Number  

n879202922

International Standard Book Number  

9780804791724 (electronic book)

International Standard Book Number  

0804791724 (electronic book)

International Standard Book Number  

9780804789165 (cloth)

International Standard Book Number  

0804789169 (cloth)

Library of Congress Call Number  

HV8699.U5-S268 2014eb

Dewey Decimal Classification Number  

364.660973-23

Main Entry-Personal Name  

Sarat, Austin

Physical Description  

1 online resource (273 pages)

Bibliography, Etc. Note  

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note  

완전내용The mere extinguishment of life? : technological efficiency, botched executions, and the legitimacy of capital punishment in the United States -- A clumsy, inefficient, inhuman thing : death by hanging -- When science fails : electrocution -- A short and unhappy history : the gas chamber -- "How enviable a quiet death" : lethal injection -- Botched executions and the struggle to end capital punishment.

Summary, Etc.  

요약"Gruesome Spectacles is a history of botched, mismanaged, and painful executions in the U.S. from 1890 to 2010. Using new research, Sarat traces the evolution of methods of execution that were employed during this time, and were meant to improve on the methods that went before, from hanging or firing squad to electrocution to gas and lethal injection. Even though each of these technologies was developed to 'perfect' state killing by decreasing the chance of a cruel death, an estimated three percent of all American executions went awry in one way or another. Sarat recounts the gripping and truly gruesome stories of some of these deaths - stories obscured by history and to some extent, the popular press"--Provided by publisher.

Subject Added Entry-Topical Term  

Executions and executioners United States History

Subject Added Entry-Topical Term  

Capital punishment United States History

Subject Added Entry-Topical Term  

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology

Subject Added Entry-Topical Term  

Capital punishment.

Subject Added Entry-Topical Term  

Executions and executioners.

Subject Added Entry-Geographic Name  

United States.

Additional Physical Form Entry  

Print versionSarat, Austin, author. Gruesome spectacles 9780804789165 (DLC) 2013043599 (OCoLC)862928914

Electronic Location and Access  

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Control Number  

joongbu:441382