Hidden Victims : The Effects of the Death Penalty on Families of the Accused /

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In the US, murderers, particularly those sentenced to death, are usually considered as entirely different from the rest of us. Sociologist Susan F. Sharp challenges perspective by reminding us that those facing a death sentence, in addition to being murderers, are brothers or sisters, mothers or fat...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sharp, Susan F., 1951- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2005.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Prisoners' families.
Capital punishment.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
SELF-HELP > Adult Children of Substance Abusers.
Familles de prisonniers > États-Unis.
Condamnes à mort > Relations familiales > États-Unis.
Peine de mort > États-Unis.
Prisoners' families > United States.
Death row inmates > Family relationships > United States.
Capital punishment > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : The death penalty, victims' families, and families of prisoners
  • Dealing with the horror : "we're sentenced, too"
  • Trying to cope: withdrawal, anger, and joining
  • The grief process : denial and horror, the BADD cycle (bargaining, activity, disillusionment and desperation)
  • Facing the end : families and execution
  • Aftermath : picking up the pieces
  • "But he's innocent--" : dealing with wrongful accusations and convictions
  • Double losers : being both a victim's family member and an offender's family member
  • Family after the fact : fictive kin and death row marriages
  • The death penalty and families, revisited
  • Conclusion.

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