Life After Death Row - Exonerees'' Search for Community and Identity

Informationen zum Autor Saundra D. Westervelt and Kimberly J. Cook Klappentext Examines the post-incarceration struggles of individuals who have been wrongly convicted of capital crimes! sentenced to death! and subsequently exonerated. Drawing upon research on trauma! recovery! coping! and stigma! the authors weave a nuanced fabric of grief! loss! resilience! hope! despair! and meaning to provide the richest account to date of the struggles faced by people striving to reclaim their lives in contemporary American society. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents List of Tables and Figures Preface Part One 1 Living the Aftermath of a Wrongful Conviction 2 Researching the Innocent 3 Introducing Exonerees Part Two 4 Facing Practical Problems 5 Managing Grief and Loss 6 Rebuilding Relationships 7 Negotiating Emotional Terrain Part Three 8 Confronting Life on Death Row 9 Coping with Life after Death Row 10 Reclaiming Innocence Part 4 11 Searching for Reintegration and Restoration 12 Moving Forward Epilogue Notes References Index

Product details

• Authors: Kimberly J Cook, Kimberly J. Cook, Saundra D Westervelt, Saundra D. Westervelt, Saundra D. Cook Westervelt, Saundra D./ Cook Westervelt, Saundra Davis Westervelt
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.10.2012
• EAN: 9780813553825
• ISBN: 978-0-8135-5382-5
• No. of pages: 280
• Series: Critical Issues in Crime and S; Critical Issues in Crime and S
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology