Capital punishment is one of the more controversial subjects in the social sciences, especially in criminal justice and criminology. Over the last decade or so,

The Routledge Handbook of Corrections in the United States brings together original contributions from leading scholars in criminology and criminal justice that

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Interest in pacifism—an idea with a long history in philosophical thought and in several religious traditions—is growing. The Routledge Handbook of Pacifism