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THE DEATH PENALTY
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Dr. Courtwright

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  • capital punishment
  • capital punishment--moral and ethical aspects--united states
  • capital punishment--social aspects--united states--history
  • capital punishment--united states--history
  • capital punishment--united states--history--sources
  • executions and executioners--united states

Articles in Journals and Newspapers

New York Times Examples for Historical Executions

Find the New York Times Index in the Index/Abstract collection located on the 3rd floor. Call number AI21 .N44. Use the following subject headings.

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New York Times Archives on the Web

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List of Reference Books for Bibliographies, Quick Facts, Web Sites, etc.

Capital Punishment


Capital Punishment: A Reference Handbook - REF HV8699 .U5 K76 2001

  • a chronology of the death penalty beginning in the 18th century B.C.
  • descriptions of different kinds of executions
  • list of countries that have abolished the death penalty
  • number of worldwide executions by year, 1980-1999
  • many primary documents, including Charles Dickens' description of an execution by guillotine that he witnessed in 1845
  • extensive bibliographies of other sources

Dictionary of Culprits and Criminals - REF HV6245 .K64 1986

  • " ...contains lists of known and proven assassins, murderers, spies, traitors, prostitutes, procurers, con artists, swindlers, impostors, forgers, counterfeiters, pirates, smugglers, thieves, burglars, robbers, gunfighters, Western outlaws, conspirators, highwaymen, megalomaniacs, war criminals, and others. "
  • covers the last four or five centuries

Encyclopedia of Capital Punishment in the United States - REF HV 8694 .P35 2001

  • an entry for virtually every capital punishment opinion issued by the United States Supreme Court, from its inception through 1999
  • list of each jurisdiction which has (or does not have) capital punishment
  • almost 200 entries on the status of capital punishment in the nations of the world
  • list of organizations for and against capital punishment
  • statistical data

Encyclopedia of Serial Killers - REF HV 6245 .N49 2000

  • case histories of individual serial killers
  • list of solo killers with their sentences

Murder Cases of the Twentieth Century: Biographies and Bibliographies of 280 Convicted or Accused Killers - REF HV 6245 .F74 1996

  • detailed essays about each murder case
  • includes an exhaustive list of books written specifically about each case
  • the current legal status of each case

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