Women and Capital Punishment in the United States

Women and Capital Punishment in the United St...

Women and Capital Punishment in the United States was written by and David V. Baker. The 440 page book was published by McFarland in 2015 with an ISBN 10 of 0786499508. Most books are now available in ebook, pdf and audible formats. If you need more information about this publication, it can be purchased at Amazon.com or Google Books. If the book is older and/or out of print book try to locate a copy on eBay.com. Women and Capital Punishment in the United States mentions 1 serial killers including Lizzie Halliday. The author David V. Baker has 2 book(s) listed on Killer.Cloud used for the purpose of documenting facts about Serial Killers listed in our database.

Book Summary

The history of the execution of women in the United States has largely been ignored and scholars have given scant attention to gender issues in capital punishment. 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. The book includes a discussion of condemned women granted executive clemency and judicial commutations, an inquiry into women falsely convicted in potentially capital cases and a profile of the current female death row population.