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The Quest for Morality and Justice in Human Societies
Issues of Life and Death such as abortion, assisted suicide, capital punishment and others are among the most contentious in many societies. Whose rig...
Abortion, Neonatal Care, Assisted Dying, and Capital Punishment
This second edition of Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Decides? has been updated to consider the rising stakes for issues of life and death. Abortion, assist...
Abortion, Assisted Dying, Capital Punishment, and Torture
Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Decides? looks at several of the most contentious issues in many societies. The book asks, whose rights are protected? How do...
Capital Punishment in Texas, 1923-1990
In late summer 1923, legal hangings in Texas came to an end, and the electric chair replaced the gallows. Of 520 convicted capital offenders sentenced...
Predictive Power is the Name of the Game
Science and Sociology is from beginning to end an exploration of what this implies for the social sciences, and sociology in particular. The authors a...
Slavery, lynching and capital punishment were interwoven in the United States and by the mid-twentieth century these connections gave rise to a small ...
Medical advances prolong life. They also sometimes prolong suffering. Should we protect life or alleviate suffering? This dilemma formed the foundatio...
Roe v. Wade came like a bolt from the blue, but support had been building for years. For many, the idea that life in the womb was not fully protected ...
The Process and Practice of Social Research
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A Comparison of Recidivism Patterns Among Four Successive Parolee Cohorts
Justice Under Pressure analyzes the effects of prison crowding on the justice system. The authors focus on dramatic changes in the administration of c...
Eugenics, the Final Solution, Bioethics
Mandatory sterilization laws enacted in dozens of states coast-to-coast and approved by the U.S. Supreme Court formed the initial pillar for what beca...
This book explores the seismic shift brought about by the 2022 US Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which dramat...
The Moral and Legal Landscape