Women and Capital Punishment in the United States(English, Paperback, Baker David V.)

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Women and Capital Punishment in the United States(English, Paperback, Baker David V.) is written by Baker David V. and published by McFarland & Co Inc. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0786499508 (ISBN 10) and 9780786499502 (ISBN 13).

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.