00000nam a2200000 i 4500 UP-8027390931311439369 Buklod 20250109140936.0 a ||| u ta 241204t20212021enk u eng d 0198827822 (eBook) 9780198827825 (eBook) 21900067 DLC DLAW rda eng 364.609794 23 HV 7254 V36 2021eb Vannier, Marion 1981- author. Normalizing extreme imprisonment the case of life without parole in California Marion Vannier, University of Manchester. Electronic resources. ©2021 Oxford, United Kingdom New York, NY Oxford University Press 2021. 1 online resource (xvi, 212 pages) 22 cm. text txt rdacontent computer rdamedia online resource nc rdacarrier Clarendon studies in criminology Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-208) and index. The origins of LWOP in California -- Campaigning for LWOP -- Settling and pleading for LWOP -- Prisoners' experiences of LWOP -- Normalizing extreme imprisonment. A critical, theoretical, and empirical examination of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole (LWOP) is long overdue. This book presents a unique case study of the 'normalization' of LWOP. More specifically, it explores the ties between LWOP's normalization and death penalty abolitionism, using California as a case study. Drawing on rich empirical research, it brings together relevant literature in criminology, the sociology of punishment, social policy, and sentencing to provide insights into the nature of American penal politics, the role of progressive pressure groups, and the relationship between life imprisonment and capital punishment. This study investigates the extent to which members of civil society who challenge capital punishment (lawyers, non-profit organizations, and lobbyists) have helped normalize LWOP by fostering the belief that it is humane and merciful. The monograph focuses on three domains where anti-death penalty activists have lobbied, campaigned, pled for, and agreed to LWOP; Congress, the political sphere, and courtrooms. For each domain, the book teases out the motivations of the main actors and agencies involved. It analyses the constraints under which they considered themselves to be operating, and the relationship between these motivations and the broad social, legal, and political environment in which they unfolded. Particular attention is paid to actors' understandings of the concepts of 'life' and 'death' in punishment."-- Provided by publisher Prison-industrial complex. Electronic book. Corrections California. Imprisonment California. Life imprisonment California. Réclusion à perpétuité Californie. Sentences (Criminal procedure) California. Sent Complex industriel carcéral. Corrections Californie. Sentences (Procédure pénale) Californie. Imprisonment Californie. Com. Prison-industrial complex. fast (OCoLC)fst01747140 Imprisonment. Corrections. fast (OCoLC)fst00880260 Life imprisonment. Imprisonment. fast (OCoLC)fst00968277 Corrections. Life imprisonment. fast (OCoLC)fst00998281 California. Prison-industrial complex. Sentences (Criminal procedure) fast (OCoLC)fst01112638 Appleton writer of foreword. Van Zyl Smit, Dirk. Gelsthorpe, Loraine, editor. writer of foreword. Appleton, Catherine. Treiber, Kyle editor. Gelsthorpe, Loraine. editor. Onli Treiber, Kyle. on studies in criminology. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198827825.001.0001 click here to access Available to all UP Students University of the Philippines, College of Law FO UPD DLAW HV 7254 V36 2021eb Electronic Resource