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Hidden victims : the effects of the death penalty on families of the accused / Susan F. Sharp.

by Sharp, Susan F., 1951-

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New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2005.

Capital punishment -- United States.

Death row inmates -- United States -- Family relationships.

Prisoners' families -- United States.

0813535832 (alk. paper)

0813535840 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Critical issues in crime and society

xv, 224 p. ; 24 cm.

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.

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