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Author Baker, David V., author.

Title Women and capital punishment in the United States : an analytical history / David V. Baker.

Publication Info. Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., [2016]

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  364.66 B167W    Check Shelf
Description vii, 430 pages ; 26 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 394-424) 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.
Subject Capital punishment -- United States -- History.
Women death row inmates -- United States -- History.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- United States -- History.
Capital punishment. (OCoLC)fst00846392
Discrimination in criminal justice administration. (OCoLC)fst00895034
Women death row inmates. (OCoLC)fst01177556
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Standard No. 40025574587
ISBN 9780786499502 (softcover) (alkaline paper)
0786499508 (softcover) (alkaline paper)
9781476622880 (ebook)
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