Hidden victims : the effects of the death penalty on families of the accused /
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| Author / Creator: | Sharp, Susan F., 1951- |
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| Imprint: | New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2005. |
| Description: | xv, 223 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Critical issues in crime and society |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5664833 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Introduction: The Death Penalty, Victims' Families, and Families of Prisoners
- 2. Dealing with the Horror: "We're Sentenced, Too": Families of Individuals Facing a Death Sentence
- 3. Trying to Cope: Withdrawal, Anger, and Joining
- 4. The Grief Process: Denial and Horror, the BADD Cycle (Bargaining, Activity, Disillusionment, and Desperation)
- 5. Facing the End: Families and Execution
- 6. Aftermath: Picking Up the Pieces
- 7. "But He's Innocent"
- 8. Double Losers: Being Both a Victim's Family Member and an Offender's Family Member
- 9. Family after the Fact: Fictive Kin and Death Row Marriages
- 10. The Death Penalty and Families, Revisited
- 11. Conclusion
- Appendix A. Death Row Visitation Policies (Social/Family Visits)
- Appendix B. Interview Schedule for Initial Interviews
- Appendix C. Demographics of Interview Subjects
- Notes
- Bibliography