Hidden victims [electronic resource] : the effects of the death penalty on families of the accused / Susan F. Sharp.

By: Sharp, Susan F, 1951-Contributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextSeries: Critical issues in crime and societyPublication details: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2005Description: xv, 224 pSubject(s): Capital punishment -- United States | Death row inmates -- United States -- Family relationships | Prisoners' families -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 362.82/9 LOC classification: HV8699.U5 | S45 2005Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
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.
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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.

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