SOCIAL SCIENCES
Walker, Ida

The Death Penalty

(4) YA Essential Viewpoints series. This series offers readers a generally well-balanced discussion of the featured topic. The history, laws and reforms, significant events, and divergent perspectives are clearly, if dryly, presented. Offering no solutions, these titles provide readers with the facts needed to make informed decisions of their own. Primary-source reproductions, photographs, charts, and encroaching sidebars make pages crowded. Reading list, timeline. Bib., glos., ind. Review covers these Essential Viewpoints titles: The Abortion Debate, Internet Piracy, Gun Control, The Causes of School Violence, and The Death Penalty.

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