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Offers depth on the topic not available yet based on its inclusion
of empirical research related to current inmates and is therefore
an important contribution to a growing but limited area of
research. The topic is of increasing interest to penology,
criminology, criminal justice and law modules. It is timely, as
with more states abolishing the death penalty, research on common
alternative penalties is valuable, and as a result the issue of
LWOP is gaining more attention Both qualitative and quantitative
studies will inspire and enhance scholarly and policy debates on
this issue.
Offers depth on the topic not available yet based on its inclusion
of empirical research related to current inmates and is therefore
an important contribution to a growing but limited area of
research. The topic is of increasing interest to penology,
criminology, criminal justice and law modules. It is timely, as
with more states abolishing the death penalty, research on common
alternative penalties is valuable, and as a result the issue of
LWOP is gaining more attention Both qualitative and quantitative
studies will inspire and enhance scholarly and policy debates on
this issue.
The families of death row inmates are rarely considered in public
discourse regarding the death penalty. They have largely been
forgotten, and their pain has not been acknowledged by the rest of
society. These families experience a unique grief process as they
are confronted with the loss of their loved one to death row and
brace themselves for the possibility of an execution. Death row
families are disenfranchised from their grief by the surrounding
community, and their; mental health needs exacerbated as they
struggle in isolation with the ambiguous loss that comes with the
fear that the state will kill their loved one. Grief, Loss, and
Treatment for Death Row Families describes the grief that families
experience from the time of their loved one's arrest through his or
her execution. In each chapter, Sandra Joy guides the reader
through the grief process experienced by the families, offering
clinical interventions that can be used by mental health
professionals who are given the opportunity to work with these
families at various stages of their grief. The author conducted
over seventy qualitative interviews with family members from
Delaware who either currently have a loved one on death row or have
survived the execution of their loved one. Delaware was chosen
because though it has a relatively small death row, it is ranked
third in the nation with its rate of per capita executions. This
book provides an in-depth awareness of the grieving process of
death row families, as well as ways that professionals can
intervene to assist them in healing. With increased awareness and
effective clinical treatment, we can ensure that the families of
death row inmates are forgotten no more.
The families of death row inmates are rarely considered in public
discourse regarding the death penalty. They have largely been
forgotten, and their pain has not been acknowledged by the rest of
society. These families experience a unique grief process as they
are confronted with the loss of their loved one to death row and
brace themselves for the possibility of an execution. Death row
families are disenfranchised from their grief by the surrounding
community, and their; mental health needs exacerbated as they
struggle in isolation with the ambiguous loss that comes with the
fear that the state will kill their loved one. Grief, Loss, and
Treatment for Death Row Families describes the grief that families
experience from the time of their loved one's arrest through his or
her execution. In each chapter, Sandra Joy guides the reader
through the grief process experienced by the families, offering
clinical interventions that can be used by mental health
professionals who are given the opportunity to work with these
families at various stages of their grief. The author conducted
over seventy qualitative interviews with family members from
Delaware who either currently have a loved one on death row or have
survived the execution of their loved one. Delaware was chosen
because though it has a relatively small death row, it is ranked
third in the nation with its rate of per capita executions. This
book provides an in-depth awareness of the grieving process of
death row families, as well as ways that professionals can
intervene to assist them in healing. With increased awareness and
effective clinical treatment, we can ensure that the families of
death row inmates are forgotten no more.
While a great deal of research has been done about many aspects of
the death penalty, very little attention has been paid to the
movement organized against it. Coalition Building in the Anti-Death
Penalty Movement fills that gap with an empirical examination of
the external and internal factors that shape the role race plays in
the anti-death penalty movement. While the death rows across the
U.S. are overwhelmingly filled with racial minorities and the poor,
the ranks of the anti-death penalty movement are dominated by
white, middle-class professionals. The attention given to race
arises out of this racial distinction between death row inmates and
the activists who advocate for them. By conducting interviews with
white, black, and Latino anti-death penalty activists, this book
examines the influence of race on the mobilization of activists and
their approach toward abolition. The concepts of political
opportunity, mobilizing structures, and framing provided by the
political process model, are used to describe the complex manner in
which moral opposition to the death penalty is shaped by the racial
realities of the activists. Although racial tensions lie just below
the surface, they nonetheless create real obstacles for the
movement as it strives to build a racially diverse coalition of
activists aimed at death penalty abolition.
Kathlyn Farrel had never been away from home without her parents
for more than a weekend, much less out of the country. So you can
imagine her shock when her parents announce that they have decided
to send her to boarding school in Dallas for a year. Her parents
were both hard working people and hardly ever home, and with her
brother in college, they had thought it best to send her to public
school. The only good thing is, all three of her best friends are
going, too. Once there, it doesn't take long to get into tons of
trouble. Being accused of theft, and having a frustrating and
impossible crush on the main handyman, who doesn't seem to be much
of a handyman, doesn't make life any easier. Follow Kathlyn as she
proves to everyone that she's innocent. Once more, she learns to
trust, and she learns that not everyone is out to get her, as she
was starting to believe. And she once again learns to be her own
joyful self again.
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