The Resource Hidden victims : the effects of the death penalty on families of the accused, Susan F. Sharp
Hidden victims : the effects of the death penalty on families of the accused, Susan F. Sharp
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- Summary
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- America is fascinated with murder, as evidenced by the media's elaborate and often sensational coverage of homicides, the plethora of recreated television crime programs-such as America's Most Wanted and Unsolved Mysteries-and the number of high-grossing films and best-selling novels that revolve around murder plots. We love to be afraid and we love to hate offenders. Murderers, particularly those sentenced to death, we consider 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, she demonstrates how the exceptionally severe way in which we view those on death row trickles down to those with whom they are closely connected. Sharp shows how family members and friends-in effect, the indirect victims of the initial crime-experience a profoundly complicated and socially isolating grief process. Departing from a humanist perspective from which most accounts of victims are told, Sharp makes her case from a sociological standpoint that draws out the parallel experiences and coping mechanisms of these individuals. Chapters focus on responses to sentencing, the particular structure of grieving faced by this population, execution, aftermath, wrongful conviction, family formation after conviction, and the complex situation of individuals related to both the killer and the victim. Powerful, poignant, and intelligently written, Hidden Victims challenges all of us-regardless of which side of the death penalty you are on-to understand the economic, social, and psychological repercussions that shape the lives of the often forgotten families of death row inmates
- In the US, murderers, particularly those sentenced to death, are usually considered as entirely different from the rest of us. Sociologist Susan F. Sharp challenges perspective by reminding us that those facing a death sentence, in addition to being murderers, are brothers or sisters, mothers or fathers, daughters or sons
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xv, 224 pages)
- Contents
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- 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
- Isbn
- 9786610462858
- Label
- Hidden victims : the effects of the death penalty on families of the accused
- Title
- Hidden victims
- Title remainder
- the effects of the death penalty on families of the accused
- Statement of responsibility
- Susan F. Sharp
- Language
- eng
- Summary
-
- America is fascinated with murder, as evidenced by the media's elaborate and often sensational coverage of homicides, the plethora of recreated television crime programs-such as America's Most Wanted and Unsolved Mysteries-and the number of high-grossing films and best-selling novels that revolve around murder plots. We love to be afraid and we love to hate offenders. Murderers, particularly those sentenced to death, we consider 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, she demonstrates how the exceptionally severe way in which we view those on death row trickles down to those with whom they are closely connected. Sharp shows how family members and friends-in effect, the indirect victims of the initial crime-experience a profoundly complicated and socially isolating grief process. Departing from a humanist perspective from which most accounts of victims are told, Sharp makes her case from a sociological standpoint that draws out the parallel experiences and coping mechanisms of these individuals. Chapters focus on responses to sentencing, the particular structure of grieving faced by this population, execution, aftermath, wrongful conviction, family formation after conviction, and the complex situation of individuals related to both the killer and the victim. Powerful, poignant, and intelligently written, Hidden Victims challenges all of us-regardless of which side of the death penalty you are on-to understand the economic, social, and psychological repercussions that shape the lives of the often forgotten families of death row inmates
- In the US, murderers, particularly those sentenced to death, are usually considered as entirely different from the rest of us. Sociologist Susan F. Sharp challenges perspective by reminding us that those facing a death sentence, in addition to being murderers, are brothers or sisters, mothers or fathers, daughters or sons
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1951-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Sharp, Susan F.
- Dewey number
- 362.82/9
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- English
- LC call number
- HV8699.U5
- LC item number
- S45 2005eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Critical issues in crime and society
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Capital punishment
- Death row inmates
- Prisoners' families
- SELF-HELP
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- Capital punishment
- Prisoners' families
- United States
- Label
- Hidden victims : the effects of the death penalty on families of the accused, Susan F. Sharp
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-217) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- 64187837
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xv, 224 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9786610462858
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt4jx4b5
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)64187837
- Label
- Hidden victims : the effects of the death penalty on families of the accused, Susan F. Sharp
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-217) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- 64187837
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xv, 224 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9786610462858
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt4jx4b5
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)64187837
Subject
- Capital punishment -- United States
- Death row inmates -- United States -- Family relationships
- Electronic books
- Prisoners' families
- Prisoners' families -- United States
- SELF-HELP -- Adult Children of Substance Abusers
- United States
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology
- Capital punishment
Genre
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- Critical issues in crime and society
- EBSCO eBook Public Library Collection-North America
- Ebook Central Academic Complete
- Book Collection Nonfiction (High School Edition)
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