Bedeau, Hugo Adam and Pierce, Chester M. eds.
Capital Punishment in the United States.
New York: Ams Press Inc. 1975.. A compilation of research papers analyzing the controversy over the death penalty since the Furman decision.
Bedeau, Hugo Adam. ed.
The Death Penalty in America
Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1982. A comprehensive explanation of the history and practices of, as well as attitudes and arguments for and against capital punishment.
Berkson, Larry Charles.
The Concept of Cruel and Unusual Punishment
Lexington: D.C. Heath and Co. 1975. An examination of the Eighth Amendment concept as it relates to capital punishment in America and its relation to early English law.
Berger, Raoul.
Death Penalties: The Supreme Court’s Obstacle Course.
Cambridge: Harvard University Press. 1932. Discussions (pros and cons) of Supreme Court decisions as they relate to the Bill of Rights.
Black, Charles L.
Capital Punishment: The Inevitability of Caprice and
Mistake, New York: W.W. Norton Co. 1981. A brief sketch of the efforts to persuade the Court of the unconstitutionality of the death sentence and an attempt to point out the problems that are related to mistakes made in sentencing.
Gross, Samuel R. and Mauro, Robert.
Death and Discrimination: Racial Disparities in Capital Sentencing.
Boston: North Eastern University Press. 1989. Investigations into post-Furman reforms and an evaluative summary of research on discrimination and patterns in the practice of capital sentencing.
Kaplan, John et. al.
Criminal Justice: Introductory Cases and Materials.
Westbury: The Foundation Press, Inc.. 1991. An overview of the system of criminal justiceits laws and punishments.