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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792222403321

Autore

Beck Elizabeth

Titolo

In the shadow of death [[electronic resource] ] : restorative justice & death row families / / Elizabeth Beck, Sarah Britto, and Arlene Andrews

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, c2007

ISBN

0-19-029256-3

0-19-537569-6

9786611156770

0-19-534630-0

1-281-15677-9

1-4294-6898-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (333 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BrittoSarah

AndrewsArlene Bowers

Disciplina

362.82/9

Soggetti

Capital punishment - United States

Death row inmates - Family relationships - United States

Prisoners' families - United States

Restorative justice - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Note to Readers; Part I: Shadow of Death; 1 Why Do Offenders' Families Matter?; 2 Understanding Restorative Justice; 3 Meet the Families; Part II: Storytelling; 4 Death Penalty Trials; 5 "You Didn't Punish Him, You Punished Me"; 6 Children of the Condemned; 7 Psychological Distress; Part III: Restorative Justice; 8 Life Is Different; 9 Organizing for Abolition; 10 Reaching Out; 11 Systems Failure; 12 Shining Light in the Shadows; Afterword; Appendix A: Methods for Gathering Information about Offenders' Families; Appendix B: Process of a Death Penalty Trial; Notes

Bibliography Index;

Sommario/riassunto

Introduction to Book.   Part One: The Shadow of Death.   1. Why do Offenders' Families Matter?  2. Understanding Restorative Justice  3. Meet the Families  Part Two: Storytelling.   4. Death Penalty Trials  5.



""You Didn't Punish Him, You Punished Me""  6. Children of the Condemned  7. Psychological Distress of Family Members, and Family Systems  Part Three: Restorative Justice.   8. Life is Different: Living with Outcomes other than the Death Sentence  9. Organizing for Abolition  10. Reaching Out  11. Systems Failure  12. Shining Light in the Shadows