Human Impact of Capital Punishment - Interviews With Families of Persons on Death Row

• NCJ Number: 106853
• Journal: Journal of Criminal Justice Volume: 15 Issue: 4 Dated: (1987) Pages: 331-347
• Author(s): J O Smykla
• Date Published: 1987
• Length: 17 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Survey
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This research reports on a trend study of families of persons on Alabama's death row.

Abstract

It describes the families' prolonged and distorted grieving patterns, which were revealed in 40 fieldwork interviews. 1 table, 1 case citation, 2 notes, and 26 references. (Author abstract modified)