Hidden victims : the effects of the death penalty on families of the accused /
Sharp, Susan F., 1951-
Hidden victims : the effects of the death penalty on families of the accused / Susan F. Sharp. - New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2005. - xv, 224 p. ; 24 cm. - Critical issues in crime and society .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-217) and index.
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.
0813535832 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0813535840 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2004020835
Capital punishment--United States.
Death row inmates--Family relationships--United States.
Prisoners' families--United States.
HV8699.U5 / S45 2005
362.82/9
Hidden victims : the effects of the death penalty on families of the accused / Susan F. Sharp. - New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2005. - xv, 224 p. ; 24 cm. - Critical issues in crime and society .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-217) and index.
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.
0813535832 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0813535840 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2004020835
Capital punishment--United States.
Death row inmates--Family relationships--United States.
Prisoners' families--United States.
HV8699.U5 / S45 2005
362.82/9