{"product_id":"hidden-victims-the-effects-of-the-death-penalty-on-families-of-the-accused-critical-issues-in-crime-and-society-series-9780813535845","title":"Hidden Victims The Effects of the Death Penalty on Families of the Accused Critical Issues in Crime and Society Series","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e'Sharp’s book reemphasizes the tremendous costs of maintaining the death penalty—costs to real people and real families that ripple throughout generations to come.'—Saundra D. Westervelt, author of Shifting the Blame: How Victimization Became a Criminal Defense\u003cp\u003e'Everyone concerned with the effects of capital punishment must have this book.'—Margaret Vandiver, professor, department of criminology and criminal justice, University of Memphis\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMurderers, particularly those sentenced to death, are considered by most to be unusually heinous, often sub-human, and entirely different from the rest of us. In Hidden Victims, sociologist Susan F. Sharp challenges this culturally ingrained perspective by reminding us that those individuals facing a death sentence, in addition to being murderers, are brothers or sisters, mothers or fathers, daughters or sons, relatives or friends. Through a series of vivid and in-depth interviews with families of the accused,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWithout 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. It is a sobering question that readers of this book will be forced to ponder. -from the foreword by Michael L. Radelet, professor and chair, department of sociology, University of Colorado\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword by Michael L. Radelet\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1. \u003ci\u003eIntroduction: The Death Penalty, Victims' Families, and Families of Prisoners\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 2. \u003ci\u003eDealing with the Horror: \"We're Sentenced, Too\": Families of Individuals Facing a Death Sentence\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 3. \u003ci\u003eTrying to Cope: Withdrawal, Anger, and Joining\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 4. \u003ci\u003eThe Grief Process: Denial and Horror, the BADD Cycle (Bargaining, Activity, Disillusionment, and Desperation}\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 5. \u003ci\u003eFacing the End: Families and Execution\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 6.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eAftermath: Picking Up the Pieces\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 7. \u003ci\u003e\"But He's Innocent\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 8. \u003ci\u003eDouble Losers: Being Both a Victim's Family Member and an Offender's Family Member\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 9. \u003ci\u003eFamily after the Fact: Fictive Kin and Death Row Marriages\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 10. \u003ci\u003eThe Death Penalty and Families, Revisited\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 11. \u003ci\u003eConclusion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Appendix A. Death Row Visitation Policies (Social\/Family Visits)\u003cbr\u003e Appendix B. Interview Schedule for Initial Interviews\u003cbr\u003e Appendix C. Demographics of Interview Subjects\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768152523095,"sku":"9780813535845","price":28.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/hidden-victims-the-effects-of-the-death-penalty-on-families-of-the-accused-critical-issues-in-crime-and-society-series-9780813535845","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}