Murder on Trial: 1620-2002

by Robert Asher, Lawrence B. Goodheart, Alan Rogers

This fascinating collection examines murder jurisprudence--the social rules that govern the arrest, trial, and punishment of people accused of murder--in the United States from the colonial period to the present. The contributors show how changing social mores have influenced the application of murder law by highlighting the ways cultural biases like racism, changing ideas about childhood and insanity, and the ameliorative effects of middle class...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 079146377X
• ISBN13: 9780791463772
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 287 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.0"