EVALUATING SOURCES

Evaluating Sources: Death Penalty



Evaluating Sources: Death Penalty

Evaluation of “Is Capital Punishment Just? Assessing the Death Penalty Using Justice Theory” by Matthew Robinson

The purpose of this paper is to justify whether capital punishment or the death penalty is necessary. Death penalty has come into criticism; as one group believes that the death penalty should not be abolished and criminals who have committed murders and other crimes should be given a death penalty. Whereas, the other group, believes that the death penalty is harsh for a person, as it goes against humanity to torture a person to death. The author has compared and contrasted well-known theories of justice in context to the capital punishment. It has also covered in detail the death penalty practices that have been ongoing in the United States of America. The author has assessed capital punishment keeping in context the theories of justice. The main purpose of the paper is to justify whether the death penalty is justified in the US or not (Chandler, 2011).

The author of this research paper is a criminologist who is teaching in the Appalachian State University, in North California. He received his PhD in criminology from Florida State University School of Criminology. He has also published several books covering the areas of justice, crime mapping, criminology, cooperate crimes and the death penalty. Seeing his credentials, we can analyze that the author has know-how about the field and have studied in depth about criminology.

The paper, published by the Appalachian State University in the Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Criminology, provides us with information backed by facts and figures from official sources. The well-structured paper covers all the details in a proper manner with detailed references at the end of the paper and proper citation.

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