Wretched sisters
Subtitle: examining gender and capital punishment
By: Mary Welek Atwell.
Series: Studies in crime and punishment -- v. 19
Publisher: P. Lang
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780820478838
Subjects: Female offenders -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States -- History; Capital punishment -- United States -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Why so few and why these few? : gender and criminological theory; title: Equal protection and capital punishment : constitutional issues; title: Setting precedent : Velma Barfield; title: She didn't look like a killer : Karla Faye Tucker; title: Domestic offenses : Judias Buenoano and Betty Lou Beets; title: The Oklahoma Three : Wanda Jean Allen, Marilyn Kay Plantz, and Lois Nadean Smith; title: Aggravating circumstances : killing children and cops : Christina Riggs and Linda Lyon Block; title: The "monster" : Aileen Wuornos; title: More of the same : Frances Newton.