Wretched Sisters

Examining Gender and Capital Punishmend

Mary Welek Atwell author David A Schultz editor Christina DeJong editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Peter Lang Publishing Inc

Published:9th Oct '14

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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.

ISBN: 9781433122347

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 440g

307 pages

2nd Revised edition