BOOKS: ​“Deathquest: An Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Capital Punishment in the United States”

The fourth edi­tion of Robert Bohm’s ​“Deathquest: An Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Capital Punishment in the United States,” is now avail­able through Anderson Publishing. The new edi­tion is updat­ed with dis­cus­sion of the lat­est research on the effec­tive­ness of the death penal­ty, the poten­tial for dis­crim­i­na­to­ry appli­ca­tion, costs, and new data on mis­car­riages of jus­tice, pub­lic opin­ion, and the influ­ences of reli­gion. This text­book includes two new chap­ters on legal chal­lenges to the death penal­ty and analy­sis of cap­i­tal pun­ish­ment by the U.S. Supreme Court since 1976. Robert Bohm is a pro­fes­sor of Criminal Justice and Legal Studies at the University of Central Florida. A for­mer cor­rec­tions work­er, Professor Bohm is a pro­lif­ic author and speak­er on cap­i­tal pun­ish­ment and oth­er crim­i­nal justice topics.

(R. Bohm, ​“Deathquest: An Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Capital Punishment in the United States,” Anderson Publishing, 2012). See Books on the death penalty.