Hidden Victims: The Effects of the Death Penalty on Families of the AccusedRutgers University Press, 16/06/2005 - 248 páginas "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 "Everyone concerned with the effects of capital punishment must have this book."—Margaret Vandiver, professor, department of criminology and criminal justice, University of Memphis Murderers, 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, 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. |
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... lives for the life of our child. Anna Hauptmann, Sophie, we, and the families of death row inmates have much in common. A family's love is often unconditional. Families of death row inmates are a diverse group; often their differences ...
... lives. However, to date little is known about how early in the process these effects begin. In the current study, I exam- ine the effects of capital punishment on family members at various stages of the process. This book focuses on the ...
... penalty statutes in deciding whether an offender lives or dies, those decisions are relevant only when the prosecutor seeks a death sentence.23 Some states reserve aggravators that may be conveniently applied to Hidden Victims 6.
... live with the loss of a relative. However,“They must also live with the humiliation and stigma of being related to a person deemed so vile that he had to be exterminated.”28 At certain stages in the capital punishment process, a ...
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Dealing with the Horror Were Sentenced Too Families of Individuals Facing a Death Sentence | 17 |
Trying to Cope Withdrawal Anger and Joining | 24 |
The Grief Process Denial and Horror the BADD Cycle Bargaining Activity Disillusionment and Desperation | 48 |
Facing the End Families and Execution | 85 |
Aftermath Picking Up the Pieces | 100 |
But Hes Innocent | 111 |
Double Losers Being Both a Victims Family Member and an Offenders Family Member | 131 |
Conclusion | 178 |
Death Row Visitation Policies | 185 |
Interview Schedule for Initial Interviews | 187 |
Demographics of Interview Subjects | 189 |
Notes | 193 |
Bibliography | 207 |
Index | 219 |
About the Author | 225 |
Family after the Fact Fictive Kin and Death Row Marriages | 142 |
The Death Penalty and Families Revisited | 162 |
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