Title

Karl Marx And The Death Penalty

Abstract

This study is a Marxist analysis of capital punishment or the death penalty. The only detailed treatment of the subject by Marx appeared in an article published in the New York Daily Tribune, February 18, 1853, and that treatment was only a sketch. Thus, the following study is an attempt to suggest what a reading of Marx may contribute to an understanding of capital punishment. I conclude that abolition of the death penalty does not need a Marxist justification, but a Marxist justification adds to the many arguments for that course of action. © 2008 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.

Publication Date

12-1-2008

Publication Title

Critical Criminology

Volume

16

Issue

4

Number of Pages

285-291

Document Type

Review

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10612-008-9062-8

Socpus ID

55149122903 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/55149122903

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