TY  - BOOK
AU  - Novak,Andrew
ED  - SpringerLink (Online service)
TI  - The death penalty in africa: foundations and future prospects
SN  - 9781137438775
PY  - 2014///
CY  - New York
PB  - Palgrave Macmillan US, Imprint: Palgrave Pivot
KW  - Social sciences
KW  - Africa
KW  - History
KW  - Criminology
KW  - Corrections
KW  - Punishment
KW  - Social groups
KW  - Family
KW  - Youth
KW  - Social justice
KW  - Human rights
KW  - Social Sciences
KW  - Prison and Punishment
KW  - Criminology & Criminal Justice
KW  - Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights
KW  - Sociology of Familiy, Youth and Aging
KW  - African History
N2  - In recent years the death penalty has sharply declined across Africa, but this trend belies actual public opinion and the retributivist sentiments held by political elites. This study explains capital punishment in Africa in terms of culturally specific notions of life and death as well as the colonial-era imposition of criminal and penal policy
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ER  -