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

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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Westervelt, Saundra Davis, 1968-
Other Authors: Cook, Kimberly J., 1961-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Prisoners > Deinstitutionalization.
Judicial error.
False imprisonment.
Ex-convicts > Social conditions.
Ex-convicts > Services for.
Ex-convicts > Psychology.
Death row inmates.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Penology.
Erreur judiciaire > États-Unis.
Ex-detenus > Services > États-Unis.
Ex-detenus > États-Unis > Psychologie.
Sequestration > États-Unis.
Condamnes à mort > États-Unis.
Judicial error > United States.
Ex-convicts > Services for > United States.
Ex-convicts > United States > Social conditions.
Ex-convicts > United States > Psychology.
Prisoners > Deinstitutionalization > United States.
False imprisonment > United States.
Death row inmates > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (304 pages).
ISBN:9780813553825

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