| Description |
xv, 224 p. |
| Series |
Critical issues in crime and society |
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Critical issues in crime and society.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-217) and index. |
| 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. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Capital punishment -- United States.
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Death row inmates -- United States -- Family relationships.
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Prisoners' families -- United States.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
0813535832 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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0813535840 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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