Hidden Victims: The Effects of the Death Penalty on Families of the Accused (Critical Issues in Crime and Society)
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| Rating | : | 4.13 (668 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0813535840 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 248 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-01-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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Radelet, professor and chair, department of sociology, University of Colorado" . It is a sobering question that readers of this book will be forced to ponder." -from the foreword by Michael L. "Without denying the horror of the crimes that most death row inmates have committed or the need for confinement of those inmates, Sharp raises the question of whether Americans would still support the death penalty if they understood the full range of its consequences
Prior to obtaining her doctorate, she worked as a substance abuse counselor, primarily with offender populations. Recent research includes work published in "Women & Criminal Justice, The Prison Journal, Deviant Behavior, Journal of the Oklahoma Criminal Justice Research Consortium, Journal of Youth & Adolescence," and "Journal of Contemporary Ethnography." She is active in the Division on Women and Crime
Westervelt, author of Shifting the Blame: How Victimization Became a Criminal Defense"Everyone concerned with the effects of capital punishment must have this book."—Margaret Vandiver, professor, department of criminology and criminal justice, University of MemphisMurderers, particularly those sentenced to death, are considered by most to be unusually heinous, often sub-human, and entirely different from the rest of us. Chapters focus on responses to sentencing, the particular structure of grieving faced by this population, execution, aftermath, wrongful conviction, family formation after conviction, and the complex situation of individuals related to both the killer and the victim.Powerful, poignant, and intelligently written, Hidden Victims challenges all of us—regardless of which side of the death penalty you are on—to understand the economic, social, and psychological repercussions that shape the lives of the often forgotten families of death row inmates.. Sharp shows how family members and friends—in effect, the indirect victims of the initial crime—experience
Pretty Interesting - Can be Long Overall this book is pretty interesting but it can feel like it's dragging on and on. If you like to see the other side of the way people think this is a good book. Otherwise if you're not open minded, don't bother.