Sharp, Susan F.,  1951- <br/><br/>
Hidden victims :  the effects of the death penalty on families of the accused / 
Susan F. Sharp. 
 - New Brunswick, N.J. :  Rutgers University Press,  c2005. 
 - xv, 224 p. ;  24 cm. 
 - Critical issues in crime and society .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-217) and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: The death penalty, victims' families, and families of prisoners -- Dealing with the horror : "we're sentenced, too" -- Trying to cope: withdrawal, anger, and joining -- The grief process : denial and horror, the BADD cycle (bargaining, activity, disillusionment and desperation) -- Facing the end : families and execution -- Aftermath : picking up the pieces -- "But he's innocent--" : dealing with wrongful accusations and convictions -- Double losers : being both a victim's family member and an offender's family member -- Family after the fact : fictive kin and death row marriages -- The death penalty and families, revisited -- Conclusion. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0813535832 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0813535840 (pbk. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2004020835 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Capital punishment--United States.<br/>Death row inmates--Family relationships--United States.<br/>Prisoners' families--United States.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HV8699.U5  / S45 2005 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>362.82/9