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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"This historical analysis examines the social, political and economic contexts in which the justice system has put women to death, revealing a pattern of patriarchal domination and female subordination. Includes a discussion of condemned women granted executive clemency and judicial commutations, an inquiry into women falsely convicted in capital cases and profile of female death row population"-- Provided by publisher |
| Contents |
Part I. Theoretical and Empirical Frameworks -- 1. Theoretical Frameworks -- 2. Empirical Frameworks -- Part II. Historical Context -- 3. The First Historical Trend, 1630s-1750s -- 4. The Second Historical Trend, 1760s-1890s -- 5. The Third Historical Trend, 1900s-2010s -- Part III. Wrongful Convictions, Judicial Commutations, Executive Clemency and Women on Death Row Today -- 6. Wrongful Convictions in Potentially Capital Cases -- 7. Judicial Reversals of Capital Convictions -- 8. Executive Clemency of Condemned Women -- 9. The Female Death Row Population -- Conclusion -- The First Historical Trend -- The Second Historical Trend -- The Third Historical Trend |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Capital punishment -- United States -- History.
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Capital punishment. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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Women death row inmates -- United States -- History.
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Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- United States -- History.
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Discrimination in criminal justice administration. |
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Women death row inmates. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Baker, David V. Women and capital punishment in the United States 9780786499502 (DLC) 2015035341 (OCoLC)912705041 |
| ISBN |
9781476622880 (electronic book) |
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1476622884 (electronic book) |
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9780786499502 |
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0786499508 |
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