Since the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1976, fourteen women have been put to death in the United States. The criminal justice system defines crimes committed by women in a particularly gendered context. 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.
| ISBN: | 9781433122347 |
| Publication date: | 9th October 2014 |
| Author: | Mary Welek Atwell |
| Publisher: | Peter Lang Publishing Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 307 pages |
| Series: | Studies in Crime and Punishment |
| Genres: |
Penology and punishment |