Living on death row : the psychology of waiting to die /

"The contributors to this book provide insights into the multiple and layered dimensions of death row confinement. Multiple audiences will find something of value in the varied chapter offerings. Mental health professionals will gain greater familiarity with the conditions confronting prisoners...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Toch, Hans (Editor ), Acker, James R., 1951- (Editor ), Bonventre, Vincent Martin (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, 2018.
Temas:
Death row > United States.
Death row inmates > United States.
Criminal psychology > United States.
Criminal justice, Administration of > United States.
Capital punishment.
Death > Psychological aspects.
Capital Punishment
Criminals > psychology
Attitude to Death
Quartier des condamnés à mort > États-Unis.
Condamnés à mort > États-Unis.
Justice pénale > Administration > États-Unis.
Peine de mort.
Mort > Aspect psychologique.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
PSYCHOLOGY > Forensic Psychology.
Death > Psychological aspects
Capital punishment
Criminal justice, Administration of
Criminal psychology
Death row
Death row inmates
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • I. Overview of death row conditions
  • Rethinking classification, programming, and housing for death row inmates
  • Waiting alone to die
  • Lessons in living and dying in the shadow of the death house: A review of ethnographic research on death row confinement
  • II. Legal and policy issues
  • Death row solitary confinement and constitutional considerations
  • The failure of a security rationale for death row
  • Execution "volunteers": Psychological and legal issues
  • III. Concepts of time on death row
  • Psychological survival in isolation: Tussling with time on death row
  • Time on death row
  • Spending time on death row: A case study
  • IV. Stories of surviving death row and postexoneration trauma
  • Once numbered among the dead, now I live!
  • "Dreaming that I'm swimming in the beautiful Caribbean Sea": One man's story on surviving death row
  • Continuing trauma and aftermath for exonerated death row survivors.

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