The death penalty debate /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Thirroul, N.S.W. :
The Spinney Press,
2016.
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| Series: | Issues in society (Balmain, N.S.W.) ;
v. 399. |
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Table of Contents:
- Global abolition of capital punishment. Capital punishment around the world ; Alarming rise in death sentences ; Death sentences and executions ; Five brutal methods of execution ; In less than 40 years, 124 countries have abolished the death penalty - and here's why the rest should end it too ; Countries with and without the death penalty ; United Nations and the abolition of the death penalty ; What do they say about the death penalty? ; Timeline : the United Nations and the death penalty ; 10 facts about the death penalty ; International law and the death penalty ; The death penalty in SE Asia : is there a trend towards abolition?
- Attitudes towards the death penalty. Death penalty and Australia ; Australian attitudes towards the death penalty ; What more can Australia do to end the death penalty worldwide? ; On the abolition of the death penalty ; Should we bring back the death penalty? ; 5 reasons some people think the world needs the death penalty ; 5 reasons to abolish the death penalty ; Why the death penalty should be abolished ; Death penalty : frequently asked questions ; Death penalty - what you need to know! ; Fact check : no proof the death penalty prevents crime ; Do these death penalty justifications hold up? ; The death penalty is morally unacceptable ; The failings of capital punishment : Indonesia executes the traffickers ; Indonesia's retributive justice was deaf to pleas for reformed Bali duo ; The Bali Nine, Indonesia and state-sanctioned violence ; Indonesia does need the death penalty to deter drug traffickers ; Posturing over the death penalty
- Exploring issues - worksheets and activities
- Fast facts
- Glossary
- Web links
- Index.