
Wretched Sisters
Examining Gender and Capital Punishmend
Mary Welek Atwell(Author)
Peter Lang Verlag
2nd Edition
Published on 9. October 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
307 pages
978-1-4331-2234-7 (ISBN)
Description
Since the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1976, fourteen women have been put to death in the United States. The criminal justice system defines crimes committed by women in a particularly gendered context. Wretched Sisters is unique in its analysis of the legal and cultural circumstances that determine why a small number of women are sentenced to death and provides a detailed account of how these fourteen women came to be subjected to the ultimate punishment.
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Series
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 225 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
449 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4331-2234-7 (9781433122347)
DOI
10.3726/978-1-4539-1418-2
Schweitzer Classification
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07/2007
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Person
Mary Welek Atwell holds a PhD in history from Saint Louis University. She is Professor Emerita of Criminal Justice at Radford University. She is the author of Equal Protection of the Law: Gender and Justice in the United States (2002) and Evolving Standards of Decency: Popular Culture and Capital Punishment (2004).
Content
Contents: Why So Few and Why These Few? Gender and Criminology - A Capriciously Selected Random Handful - Setting Precedent - She Didn't Look Like a Killer - Domestic Offenses - The Oklahoma Three - Aggravating Circumstances: Killing Children and Cops - The <<Monster>> - Perilously Close to Simple Murder - Not The <<Triggerman>> - #500 and #510 - Lessons from Wretched Sisters.