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PRISON OR GALLOWS - VIOLENT CRIME AND CORRECTIONS BETWEEN COURT DECISIONS AND PUBLIC SENTIMENTS CONTROVERSY AMONG CONDEMNED OFFENDERS, CRIMINAL JUSTICE PERSONNEL, AND EXPERT COMMENTATORS

NCJ Number
37253
Editor(s)
W HOEFER
Date Published
1975
Length
370 pages
Annotation
COLLECTION OF CONTRIBUTIONS BY OFFENDERS, CRIMINAL JUSTICE PERSONNEL, AND COMMENTATORS IN WEST GERMANY REPRESENTING THE RANGE OF OPINION IN THAT COUNTRY REGARDING HOW SOCIETY SHOULD DEAL WITH CAPITAL OFFENDERS.
Abstract
DISCUSSED ARE THE RELATIVE MERITS AND SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE OF PRISON SENTENCES, REHABILITATION, AND CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR MURDERERS, ARMED ROBBERS, EXTORTIONISTS, AND KIDNAPPERS. THESE ISSUES ARE DISCUSSED IN THE CONTEXT OF THE RISING INCIDENCE OF VIOLENT CRIME IN WEST GERMANY AND IN THE WORLD. --IN GERMAN