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Life after Death Row : Exonerees' Search for Community and Identity /

Life after Death Row examines the post-incarceration struggles of individuals who have been wrongly convicted of capital crimes, sentenced to death, and subsequently exonerated. Drawing upon research on trauma, recovery, coping, and stigma, the authors weave a nuanced fabric of grief, loss, resilien...

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Auteur principal: Westervelt, Saundra Davis, 1968-
Autres auteurs: Cook, Kimberly J., 1961-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2012.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:Life after Death Row examines the post-incarceration struggles of individuals who have been wrongly convicted of capital crimes, sentenced to death, and subsequently exonerated. Drawing upon research on trauma, recovery, coping, and stigma, the authors weave a nuanced fabric of grief, loss, resilience, hope, despair, and meaning to provide the richest account to date of the struggles faced by people striving to reclaim their lives in contemporary American society after years of wrongful incarceration.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (304 pages).
ISBN:9780813553825