Wretched Sisters
Examining Gender and Capital Punishmend
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Description
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.
Product Details
| Publisher | Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers |
| Publish Date | October 09, 2014 |
| Pages | 307 |
| Language | English |
| Type |  Paperback / softback |
| EAN/UPC | 9781433122347 |
| Dimensions | 8.8 X 5.9 X 0.8 inches | 1.0 pounds |
BISAC Categories: Politics, Society & Current Affairs, Politics, Society & Current Affairs
About the Author
Mary Welek Atwell holds a PhD in history from Saint Louis University. She is Professor Emerita of Criminal Justice at Radford University. She is the author of Equal Protection of the Law: Gender and Justice in the United States (2002) and Evolving Standards of Decency: Popular Culture and Capital Punishment (2004).
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