Women and capital punishment in the United States : an analytical history /
David V. Baker.
- viii, 430 pages ; 26 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"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. Includes a discussion of condemned women granted executive clemency and judicial commutations, an inquiry into women falsely convicted in capital cases and profile of female death row population"--
9780786499502 (softcover : alk. paper)
2015035341
Capital punishment--History.--United States Women death row inmates--History.--United States Discrimination in criminal justice administration--History.--United States