Wretched Sisters
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Wretched Sisters

Examining Gender and Capital Punishmend

  1. 307 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
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Wretched Sisters

Examining Gender and Capital Punishmend

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Since the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1976, fourteen women have been put to death in the United States. The criminal justice system defines crimes committed by women in a particularly gendered context. Wretched Sisters is unique in its analysis of the legal and cultural circumstances that determine why a small number of women are sentenced to death and provides a detailed account of how these fourteen women came to be subjected to the ultimate punishment.

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Publisher
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Year
2013
ISBN
9781453914182
Edition
2
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Gender Studies
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents v
  3. Acknowledgments vii
  4. Acknowledgments (2014) ix
  5. Introduction to the Second Edition 1
  6. Chapter 1. Why So Few and Why These Few? Gender and Criminology 11
  7. Chapter 2. A Capriciously Selected Random Handful 25
  8. Chapter 3. Setting Precedent 39
  9. Chapter 4. She Didn’t Look Like a Killer 71
  10. Chapter 5. Domestic Offenses 95
  11. Chapter 6. The Oklahoma Three 131
  12. Chapter 7. Aggravating Circumstances: Killing Children and Cops 165
  13. Chapter 8. The “Monster” 189
  14. Chapter 9. Perilously Close to Simple Murder 215
  15. Chapter 10. Not The “Triggerman” 239
  16. Chapter 11. #500 and #510 265
  17. Chapter 12. Lessons from Wretched Sisters 295
  18. Bibliography 301