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-- Betsyc2004., Juvenile, Margaret K. McElderry Books Call No: [Fic] Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In 1815 on the remote island of Saint Helena, fourteen-year-old Betsy Balcombe develops a friendship with Napoleon Bonaparte who, after his defeat at Waterloo, is brougt there as an exile and is housed with her family.
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2020., ABDO Publishing Company Call No: 364.66 HAR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Capital Punishment examines all aspects of capital punishment in the United States. It discusses the history behind the death penalty in the United States and varying opinions about the ethics of capital punishment.
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1997., Greenwood Press Call No: 364.66 Cap Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Click here to view Series Title: Primary documents in American history and contemporary issues,Summary Note: Presents 112 documents, dating from colonial times to the 1990s, on the topic of capital punishment in America, including Supreme Court decisions, position papers, news stories, and Gallup Poll reports.
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c2008., Salem Press Call No: Ref 364.973 Cri Vol. 2 Availability:3 of 3 At Location(s) Summary Note: A clear examination of the hard topics relating to types of crimes, apprehension and arrest of wrongdoers, criminal trials and types of punishment.
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2005., Greenhaven Press Call No: 345.73 0773 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: History of issues
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2005., Greenhaven Press : Thomson/Gale Call No: 342.73 BILL Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: The Bill of RightsSummary Note: Presents a collection of essay that trace the development of freedom from cruel and unusual puhishment--a guaranteed right of the United States Bill of Rights--by examing primary and secondary sources and providing textual analysis and commentary. Includes an annotated list of related Supreme Court cases.
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By Smith, Rogerc2007., Mason Crest Publishers Call No: 365 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: This book covers the history of punishment and incarceration from the Code of Hammurabi in ancient Babylon through the dungeons of medieval Europe to the birth of modern prisons more than a century ago and finally arrives at today's massive penal systems.
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c2007., Juvenile, Mason Crest Publishers Call No: 365 SMI Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Table of contents Series Title: Incarceration issuesSummary Note: Presents a brief look into the history of punishment and incarceration from ancient Babylon to the penal systems in place today.
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c2015., ReferencePoint Press Call No: 364.6094 0902 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Library of medieval timesSummary Note: "The medieval world had a variety of ways of dealing with crime, sorcery, and other instances of breaking society's rules. Few of them were pleasant in any way. Indeed, many of these responses were embarrassing or painful for those being punished, and quite a few involved outright torture or even death"--From the publisher's web site.