Wretched Sisters: Examining Gender and Capital Punishment (Studies in Crime and Punishment) |
| Author: Mary Welek Atwell
Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 1230355
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 242
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6 x 0.6
ISBN: 0820478830
Dewey Decimal Number: 345.7303
EAN: 9780820478838
ASIN: 0820478830
Publication Date: August 2007
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Since the United States reinstated the death penalty in 1976, eleven women have been put to death for murder. Each case involves a personal story with unique tragic elements. Yet common themes reflect how the criminal justice system defines crimes committed by women in a particular gendered context. Wretched Sisters offers an analysis of the legal and popular cultural circumstances that determine why a small number of women are sentenced to death, and provides an empathetic account of how these eleven came to be subjected to the ultimate punishment.
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